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