USII.6b The Great Migration North and Prohibition

What were the illegal bars of the Prohibition Era called?

• Speakeasies
• Saloons
• Watering holes
• Pubs

Which of the following was a result of Prohibition during the 1920's? 

• Growth of organized crime
• More jobs on farms
• Less unemployment in cities
• Fall of the stock market

The ratification of the 21st Amendment marked the end of--

• women's suffrage
• segregated society
• the Progressive Movement
• Prohibition

Which of the following best describes a reason that African Americans would have moved from the South to the North and Midwest between 1910 and 1930?

• The climate was better.
• There were more jobs.
• The housing was free.
• There were fewer taxes.

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______?______
-Americans called for repeal
-Rise of organized crime
-Bootleggers
-Speakeasies
Which title would best fit in the blank provided?

• Causes of Prohibition
• Resolutions of Prohibition
• Solutions of Prohibition
• Effects of Prohibition

Which Amendment to the U.S. Constitution created Prohibition?

• 15th
• 18th
• 19th
• 21st

Which Constitutional Amendment ended Prohibition? 

• 18th
• 19th
• 20th
• 21st

People who wished to make alcohol illegal in the United States were part of the _______________________ Movement.

• Suffrage
• Prohibition
• Temperance
• Harlem Renaissance

During the Great Migration, some African Americans chose to move North and to the Midwest for several reasons. Which of the following was most likely NOT a reason that they would have migrated? 

• The hope for a better job.
• The desire to escape Jim Crow Laws.
• The cotton crop failed and many lost their jobs.
• They wanted to move to a place with a better climate.

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