The Great Migration was a time period where approximately 500,000 African Americans migrated North in search for better opportunity and life during the war time. The Black Southerners faced many social and political dilemmas living in the South and for some, living conditions in the North worsened. During the war many job opportunity's opened up due to the growing economy and industrial jobs. African American women organized training camps for the African Americans, Red Cross, and YMCA's to help aid those in need of help and care. Many African Americans faced racial problems but saw the war as an opportunity to prove their loyalty and patriotism. The government wanted an 100% American military but recruited many African Americans to create a stronger military to win the war. President Wilson was supportive of creating a stronger military but did not allow African Americans to participate in any appraisals such as the victory march in Paris. They had very limited rights and were deprived of their freedom of speech and unalienable rights that every citizen was "promised". They passed the Espionage act and Sedition act that stated that any individual that expressed or published opinions that would inter fear with the war and victory would have to pay $10,000 and serve 20 years in prison. Although African Americans were deprived of many of these rights they saw the war as an opportunity to win these rights back and earn their equality to Americans.