• People moved from small towns and agricultural communities to the city

• Great Migration• Cities had less conservative morals that

smaller towns• People moving into the city were not

ready to cope with the crowding, job competition, and unfriendliness of the city

RURAL VS. URBAN

PROHIBITION 18th Amendment Manufacturing, sale, and transportation of alcohol was illegal

Why get rid of alcohol?

Drys:

Wets:

Volstead Act: law that made alcohol illegal

Reasons for Prohibition by 1830 Americans consumed 7.1 gallons of alcohol per person

Many saw alcohol as the cause of societies problems

- Abuse of women and children, joblessness, crime

in the late 1800’s there were more saloons than schools, libraries, parks, theatres, hospitals, etc.

Many women’s rights groups advocated (supported)

prohibition

SPEAKEASIES AND BOOTLEGGERS

Speakeasies: Underground or hidden saloon.

Bootleggers: People who

smuggled alcohol into the country

Enforcing the Law Department of the Treasury enforced the law

sought out illegal alcohol and dumped it

Led to organized crime

ORGANIZED CRIMEStarted in response

to prohibition

Al Capone bootlegged and had 10,000 speakeasies

“Ran Chicago”

• By the mid 1920’s only 19 percent of Americans still supported prohibition

• It lasted from 1920-1933

• 18th Amendment enforced it• 21st Amendment repealed it• Only Amendment to be repealed

END OF PROHBITION

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