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Standard Examine the passage of the 18 th Amendment to the Constitution and the Volstead Act Analyze the passage of the 19 th Amendment and the changing role of women in society Essential Question: How did the role of women change during the 1920s? How are these effects felt today?

Prohibition (18th Amendment) Eighteenth Amendment, 1919 –changed alcohol laws from state to federal authority Volstead Act, 1919 –banned sale, transportation, and manufacture of alcohol –allowed less than 3% alcohol content religious exception

Prohibitions Legacy Prohibition’s Legacy –smuggled into the US from Canada and Mexico –organized crime grew in wealth and power –political officials and law enforcement were bribed l Attorney General sold liquor licenses l Harding drank at parties in the White House –more acceptable for women to drink in public combination of speakeasies and flapper culture

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Organized Crime Al Capone –most famous mafia leader based in Chicago –controlled bootlegging from Canada to Florida over 10,000 Chicago speakeasies –incarcerated in 1932 for tax evasion Alcatraz died in 1950 St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, 1929 –Capone tried to wipe out his rival Bugs Moran –7 men were shot to death mafia dressed up like the police –public outrage led to more pressure on organized crime

19 th Amendment Nineteenth Amendment, 1920 –women voters helped elect female governors Equal Rights Amendment, 1924 (ERA) –attempted to require equality under the Constitution –most states require it today and it failed in the 1970s child custody, divorce, and equal pay were still major issues Gertrude Ederle swam the English Channel in 1926 –20 miles in just over 14 hours

Women’s Rights Changes in Employment for Women –journalism, aviation, medicine, and the law –most women still worked in domestic service and manufacturing The Flapper (The New Woman) –symbol of new feminine freedom –followed the same rules as men –shorter hair, shorter hemlines, makeup

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