Changing Ways of Life in the 20s What societal differences does America see in the 20s?

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Changing Ways of Life in the 20s What societal differences does America see in the 20s?

Urban living…the place to be 1920s: 51.2% of Americans now live in a city, 2 mill more a year move to a city during the 20s Why? more job opportunities, easy transportation Big Cities include New York (5.6m), Chicago (3m), Philadelphia (2m) Positives: very diverse; drinking, gambling & casual dating tolerated Negatives: impersonal (too many strangers), fast paced (no leisure)

Rural Life Rural living = small towns & farms who had conservative values & were religious Why? Slower-paced life, saw cities as immoral places

Prohibiting Alcohol (Progressive Era!) 18 th Amendment (Prohibition):outlaws sale, consumption, & manufacturing of alcohol Rural people pleased about passage, see alcohol as a crime Cities are upset, rural America pushing their values on us! Volstead Act (1919) est. Prohibition Bureau to enforce law, but govt doesn’t have enough money to fund it As a result, hidden saloons & “social” clubs called speakeasies open up in major cities

The Cotton Club Harlem’s (NY) Cotton Club was the most famous speakeasy

Organized Crime & Bootlegging To get alcohol to the US, bootleggers would smuggle alcohol in from Canada, Cuba and/or W. Indies ● Money from bootlegging & speakeasies helps fund organized crime Chicago: Al Capone ran 10k Speakeasies and his illegal empire was worth $100 million Capone responsible for 522 gang-related murders Bootleggers begin moving to more serious drugs overtime

Speakeasy Ad

The Scopes Trial Fundamentalists (people who take Bible literally) were gaining ground in America, want to challenge the teaching of evolution in schools March 1925: Tennessee makes it illegal to teach evolution Teacher John Scopes is arrested for teaching evolution ACLU hires lawyer Clarence Darrow to defend Scopes’1st Amend. right William Jennings Bryan runs prosecution. Scopes is found guilty but verdict is overturned, (law still remained in effect)