Politics aside, 1919 was also a year of a number of huge scales social protests and riots. The Seattle General Strike, for one, was a five days strike of workers demanding a higher wage. The strike first started with about 35,000 participants but had grown to 60,000 by the time it ended on January 16th. Although no violence was involved throughout the whole protest, the Seattle General Strike was, however, considered by many as a radical attempt of overthrowing the US institution. Another example of a social movement was the race riots— more specifically, the Red Summer. The Red Summer was refereeing to the series of riots within dozens of American cities that occurred during the summer and early autumn of 1919. It was a vicious riot between
