Which was a major contributing factor to racial tensions and riots during world war ii?
a. the double v campaign started by the pittsburgh courier
b. african americans’ refusal to join the army because it was segregated
c. the presence of so many japanese americans on the west coast
d. the murder of emmett till, a young black man
e. the large influx of african-american workers into cities without enough housing or services

The correct answer is E) the large influx of African-American workers into cities without enough housing or services.

A major contributing factor to racial tensions and riots during World War II was the large influx of African-American workers into cities without enough housing or services.

During World War II, almost 1.5 million African Americans moved from the rural areas of the Southern states to the Northern cities and some states in the West. Those places were not prepared to receive such a number of people all of a sudden. Their arrival generated problems and tensions because there were not enough places to live and the services were also not enough. Some places became overpopulated and racial tensions derived in confrontations.

1 > george s. boutwell

2 > general ulysses s. grant

3 > james a. garfeild

4 > adolph e. borie