Though the fighting stopped, the war's potential to resume still existed and peace was only reached when representatives of Germany signed the Treaty of Versailles on June 28, 1919, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

When it did send men to the fronts of Europe, the U.S. armed forces remained segregated, with all-black and all-white units.

[3] In July 1919, residents of Norfolk, Virginia, planned a week-long celebration to honor the return of black troops to their city.

White police moved in to make arrests, which sparked a riot that quickly spread to the black neighborhoods of the city.

Most deaths occurred in rural areas during events like the Elaine race riot in Arkansas, where an estimated 100 to 240 blacks and 5 whites were killed.