2. 1 Amendment xviii Section 1. After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited. Section 2. The congress and the several states shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. Section 3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the constitution by the legislatures of the several states, as provided in the constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the states by the Congress. THE 18 TH AMENDMENT, 1919, MADE PROHIBITION THE LAW OF THE LAND

3. 2 THE 18 TH AMENDMENT WAS ENFORCED BY THE VOLSTEAD ACT, WHICH PASSED DESPITE PRESIDENT WILSON’S VETO IN 1919 CONGRESSMAN ANDREW VOLSTEAD

4. 3 THE VOLSTEAD ACT IN ACTION

5. 4 A MAJOR EFFECT OF PROHIBITION WAS THE RISE OF CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS FORMED TO SATISFY THE DEMANDS OF AMERICANS WHO DECIDED THEY WANTED LIQUOR IN SPITE OF THE 18 TH AMENDMENT AND VOLSTEAD ACT.

6. 5 AL CAPONE A.K.A SCARFACE

7. 6 Deaths due to alcohol, Cook County, Illinois 1910-1926 Source: US Senate Judiciary committee Hearings on national prohibition, 1926

8. 7 SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT 19 TH AMENDMENT THE MODERN WOMAN NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN

9. 8 1917-1918 suffrage riots in front of the white house gates. Several of the women picketing were arrested. Six women war workers, representing thousands of others, were delegated to see President Wilson to urge him to support passage of the federal suffrage amendment. These women were employed at Bethlehem steel company's plant at Newcastle, Pennsylvania. They argued that the women were serving the government in war industries and felt the urgent need of federal enfranchisement.

10. 9 SUFFRAGIST MARCHINGPROPAGANDA POSTER

11. 10 AMENDMENT XIX THE RIGHT OF CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES TO VOTE SHALL NOT BE DENIED OR ABRIDGED BY THE UNITED STATES OR BY ANY STATE ON ACCOUNT OF SEX. CONGRESS SHALL HAVE POWER TO ENFORCE THIS ARTICLE BY APPROPRIATE LEGISLATION. WOMEN GET THE RIGHT TO VOTE WITH THE 19 TH AMENDMENT AUGUST 24, 1920

12. 11 WOMEN VOTING IN 1920

13. 12 THE ROLE OF WOMEN BEGAN TO CHANGE

14. 13 WOMEN AT TURN OF THE CENTURY WOMEN IN THE 1920s

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16. 15 WOMEN BEING ARRESTED IN 1922 FOR WEARING REVEALING BATHING SUITS

17. 16 POPULAR MAGAZINE COVERS

18. 17 FLAPPERS

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20. 19 THE NEW WOMAN OF THE 1920s 18721926

21. 20 NEW CAREERS AND OPPORTUNITIES OPENED UP FOR WOMEN IN THE 1920s

22. 21 FLOWERING OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE WRITERS, ARTISTS, MUSICIANS, ENTERTAINERS OTHER PROLIFIC WRITERS OF THE 1920s

23. 22 Harlem Renaissance: 1919 to 1935, Harlem New York City After WWI many Blacks fled the south for better economic opportunities and freedom from KKK violence. Harlem, New York was a popular destination and New York city’s Black population swelled from 30,000 in 1900 to over 300,000 in 1930.

24. 23 Black artists, writers, dancers, poets, historians, and many others turned Harlem into a center of culture, creativity, and exploration of African American roots.

25. 24 Langston Hughes Zora Neale Hurston

26. 25 AUGUSTA SAVAGE, SCULPTOR COUNTEE CULLEN, POET OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE

27. 26 JAZZ WAS SO POPULAR THAT THE 20s IS OFTEN REFERRED TO AS THE JAZZ AGE DUKE ELLINGTON LOUIS ARMSTRONG BIG BAND

28. 27 ERNEST HEMINGWAY F. SCOTT FITZGERALD & ZELDA, “KING AND QUEEN OF THE JAZZ AGE” GERTRUDE STEIN (ON THE RIGHT) OTHER PROLIFIC WRITERS OF THE JAZZ AGE