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The Great Migration
Blacks in the South flooded into the northern citie in response to the high demand in employement -
Ending World War I
Germany requested an armistice in the late 1918 that ended the war. -
The Chicago Riot of 1919
Major racial conflict that began in Chicago ending on August 3, 1919. During the riot, dozens died and hundreds were injured. The combination of prolonged arson, looting and murder was the worst race rioting in the history of Illinois. -
Prohibition took effect in Chicago
Prohibition made illegal the manufacture, import and sale of beer, wine and hard liquor; it did not make drinking illegal, but that didn't stop many from finding ways to continue consuming alcohol. -
The Immigration Act of 1924
Limited the amout of immigrants coming to America becasue of issues regarding Worls War I. -
Beginning of building the most imprevive of many new downtown buildings
The building that first started this process the Merchandise Mart, followed by The Stevens Hotel, the Palmer House, Medinah Athletic Club or Radisson Chicago Hotel, Wrigley Building, the Tribute Tower, the Palmolive Building (Playboy Building), and the Board of Trade Building. -
St. Valentine's Day massacre of 1929
Al Capone's men executed seven members of the O' Banion gang. This killing allowed Capone to consolidate his control over the city, making violence less necessary. In some ways, however, the picture of Chicago's lawless Roaring Twenties has been distorted.
