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The Great Migration
1916
1920
1/2 million blacks left South for new jobs in
the North
Chicago
Philly NY
Back to Africa!Inspired Black
Power movement of 1960s
Establish a country & gov’t
on our own
Black Star Line fails & Garvey deported as
undesirable alien
Universal Negro Improvement Association
Pride & hope for future of blacks
Volstead Act (1920): to end poverty &
eliminate prostitution/ crime
19th Amendment (1920)
No manufacturing, transporting, & selling of
liquorWet:
Anti-prohibitionDry: For prohibition
Federal agents destroy
barrels of illegal beer
as they try to enforce the
18th Amendment
Federal agents destroy a still to enforce
prohibition
People found ways to get around the law
Speakeasy – establishments that illegally sold alcohol
Bootleggers
Those who illegally transport alcohol