The Great Migration
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 liquor Wet: Anti-prohibition Dry: For prohibition
Federal agents destroy barrels of illegal beer as they try to enforce the 18 th 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