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Urban & Rural Differences

Urban & Rural Differences. How do differing ways of life lead to societal differences?. Vocab. Urban: area of city Rural: area of small towns & farms Conservative: favoring traditional views and values Speakeasies: hidden nightclubs &/or bar that illegally sold alcohol Repeal: to take away

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Urban & Rural Differences

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  1. Urban & Rural Differences How do differing ways of life lead to societal differences?

  2. Vocab. • Urban: area of city • Rural: area of small towns & farms • Conservative: favoring traditional views and values • Speakeasies: hidden nightclubs &/or bar that illegally sold alcohol • Repeal: to take away • Bootleggers: people who made, sold, &/or transported alcohol illegally

  3. “Cities… the place to be!” • 1920 census: • 51.2% of Americans live in cities • 1922-1929: 2 million ppl per year migrate from rural to urban areas * Please answer the questions for the graph (top slide)

  4. Urban Living • Much more diverse • Americans + immigrants from everywhere! • SCARY!? • Tolerated drinking, gambling, & casual dating • Streets filled w/ strangers • Fast-paced way of life

  5. Rural Living • conservative values and close social & family relationships • Slower-paced life • More religious and/or moral base

  6. Problems between Rural & Urban beliefs • Conflict # 1: Alcohol • Rural reformers dislike alcohol • Alcohol = crime, wife & child abuse, accidents on job • 18th Amendment passes: Outlaws sale, drinking, & manufacturing of alcohol

  7. Effects of 18th Amendment • Bootleggers hard to catch • ● Bootlegging empires in large cities • lead to violence • - Chicago: Al Capone • - 522 gang-related murders • Speakeasies popular • secret password to get in

  8. Please write the questions and then your answers. • What effect of Prohibition does this cartoon illustrate (show)? • According to the cartoon, contributed to the success of organized crime during Prohibition? • In the cartoonist’s view, was Prohibition helpful (good) or harmful (bad)? Explain your answer.

  9. 18th Amendment Fails WHY do you think? • Too many people enjoyed alcohol! • Gov’t doesn’t have enough $ to enforce law • US in the Great Depression, gov’t needed $ • Repealed by 21st Amendment in 1933

  10. Approx. how many people • live in rural vs. urban areas • prior to the Civil War? • 2. What is the first year in which • more people live in urban • areas? • 3. Approx. how many people • live in rural areas vs. urban • areas in 1930? • 4. What is the source of this • information?

  11. Please answer the following questions in complete sentences • Who were supporters of prohibition? • Why? • Who were opponents of prohibition? • Why? What repealed the 18th Amendment and why was it passed?

  12. Speakeasy Flyer

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