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What factors combined to produce the race riots that rocked the country in the summer of 1919?

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The main factors were different ethnicities with different needs competing for territory and work. In places like Illinois, there was a huge rise in African-American migration from the south who started fighting with local Irish people who believed that African-Americans were taking their jobs. The problems in the employment and the housing markets caused them to clash against each other.
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