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