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Blacks in the South flooded into the northern citie in response to the high demand in employement
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Germany requested an armistice in the late 1918 that ended the war.
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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.
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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.
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Limited the amout of immigrants coming to America becasue of issues regarding Worls War I.
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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.
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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.
