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RURAL VS. URBAN

RURAL VS. URBAN. 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.

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RURAL VS. URBAN

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  1. RURAL VS. URBAN • 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

  2. PROHIBITION 18th Amendment • Manufacturing, sale, and transportation of alcohol was illegal • Drys: • Wets: • Volstead Act: law that made • alcohol illegal • Why get rid of alcohol?

  3. 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

  4. SPEAKEASIES AND BOOTLEGGERS • Speakeasies: • Underground or hidden saloon. • Bootleggers: • People who smuggled alcohol into the country

  5. Enforcing the Law • Department of the Treasury enforced the law • sought out illegal alcohol and dumped it • Led to organized crime

  6. ORGANIZED CRIME • Started in response to prohibition • Al Capone bootlegged and had 10,000 speakeasies • “Ran Chicago”

  7. END OF PROHBITION • By the mid 1920’s only 19 percent of Americans still supported prohibition • It lasted from 1920-1933 • 18th Amendment enforced it • 21stAmendment repealed it • Only Amendment to be repealed

  8. Today

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