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1 Prohibition, The Jazz Age, and The Changing Culture
How did Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Margret Mitchell influence American culture?

2 The 1920s were a time of change – new fashion, home products, and music. New laws were being passed to limit the sale of alcohol. Others called for prohibition.

3 The Eighteenth Amendment was added to the United States Constitution and prohibited the sale, manufacturing, and transportation of alcohol. Criminals known as bootleggers took over the alcohol business.

4 Bootleggers would bring alcohol into the US or make their own
Bootleggers would bring alcohol into the US or make their own. Sometimes the alcohol that they sold was dangerous. It would make people go blind or even die. Bootleggers sold their alcohol to speakeasy's. Competition between bootleggers sometimes became violent.

5 Police had little success with stopping bootleggers
Police had little success with stopping bootleggers. Finally, in 1933 the Twenty-first Amendment was passed ending prohibition.

6 As radio brought music to a wide range of people and there was none more popular than jazz. Many of the most popular performers were African Americans.

7 Duke Ellington was one of the best-known jazz composers and bandleaders. Louis Armstrong was another famous jazz musician.

8 Jazz music led to new kinds of dances throughout the nation
Jazz music led to new kinds of dances throughout the nation. Young people loved to move their feet to fast, energetic dances with names like the Charleston and the Lindy Hop.

9 Jazz was so important that writer F
Jazz was so important that writer F. Scott Fitzgerald nicked named the decade “The Jazz Age”. Literature, music, dances, and symphonies were being written depicting the change in American culture.

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