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Day 77 Changing Way of Life

Day 77 Changing Way of Life. Homework: 434-439 Extra Credit: Cotton Club, Harlem Knights. Rural and Urban Differences. More people moving to cities Metropolis (New York, Chicago, Philadelphia) Neighbors are strangers Tired of making sacrifices many Americans call for end to prohibition.

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Day 77 Changing Way of Life

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  1. Day 77 Changing Way of Life • Homework: 434-439 • Extra Credit: Cotton Club, Harlem Knights

  2. Rural and Urban Differences • More people moving to cities • Metropolis (New York, Chicago, Philadelphia) • Neighbors are strangers • Tired of making sacrifices many Americans call for end to prohibition

  3. Speakeasies and Bootleggers • 1919- 18th Amendment Prohibition • Enforcement was under funded • Speakeasies- illegal saloons • Bootleggers- alcohol smugglers • Mafia and organized crime • Al Capone- $60 million a year • 1933- 21st Amendment repealing the 18th

  4. Science and American Fundamentalist • Anti-Science (Darwin) • Fundamentalist view reading bible word for word • Scopes Trial- American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Clarence Darrow defends teacher fired for teaching evolution

  5. Summary Questions 1) Nickname for those who provided illegal alcohol? 2) What happened to organized crime during prohibition? 3) What amendment instituted prohibition? 4) Did the government provide enough funds for law enforcement during prohibition? 5) Who did the ACLU hire to defend Scopes? 6) Nickname for underground saloons. 7) What Protestant movement was grounded in the idea that the bible should be read word for word?

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