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The Great Migration 1916 1920. 1/2 million blacks left South for new jobs in the North Chicago Philly NY.

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1 The Great Migration 1916 1920

2 1/2 million blacks left South for new jobs in the North Chicago Philly NY

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4 Back to Africa! Inspired Black Power movement of 1960s Establish a country & gov’t on our own

5 Black Star Line fails & Garvey deported as undesirable alien Universal Negro Improvement Association Pride & hope for future of blacks

6 Volstead Act (1920): to end poverty & eliminate prostitution/ crime 19th Amendment (1920)

7 No manufacturing, transporting, & selling of liquor Wet: Anti-prohibition Dry: For prohibition

8 Federal agents destroy barrels of illegal beer as they try to enforce the 18 th Amendment

9 Federal agents destroy a still to enforce prohibition

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11 People found ways to get around the law Speakeasy – establishments that illegally sold alcohol

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13 Bootleggers Those who illegally transport alcohol

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