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7 The term "flapper" first appeared in Great Britain after World War I. F. Scott Fitzgerald described the ideal flapper as "lovely, expensive, and about nineteen."

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20  Eighteenth Amendment to the US Constitution  It banned the manufacture and sale of alcohol  It took effect January 1920  One of the final remnants of the Progressive Era

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23  Treasury Department is charged with enforcing Prohibition  In 1925 alone its 3,000 agents smashed more than 172,000 stills

24  bartenders would tell patrons to be quiet and "speak easy.”

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27  someone who transports, sells or manufacturers alcohol illegally.  Most infamous bootlegger, Al Capone

28 “Four and twenty Yankees, feeling very dry, Went across the border to get a drink of rye. When the rye was opened, the Yanks began to sing, "God bless America, but God save the King!"

29  The Eighteenth Amendment was repealed in 1933  It failed, causing ordinary citizens to disrespect the law, and corrupted the police.  It is the only Constitutional Amendment that has ever been repealed.

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