Transcript Culture Contrasts

Cultural
Contrasts of the
1920’s
U.S.
History II
The Eighteenth Amendment
• Prohibition defined the entire 1920’s
• The Amendment banned the
manufacture, sale, and transportation
of intoxicating
liquors.
http://www.old-picture.com/united-states-history-1900s---1930s/Destroying-Bootleg-Beer.htm
http://www.old-picture.com/prohibition-index-001.htm
The Story of Prohibition
• Brewing became big business in the
late nineteenth century
• Companies like Pabst and Anheuser
Busch dominated the industry,
establishing saloons all over the
country
• Certain groups
found them
detestable
http://prohibition.osu.edu/brewing/default.cfm
The Blight of the Saloon
• 1 Saloon for every
150 to 200
Americans
• Saloonkeepers
encouraged
consumption by
providing salty
meals
• Also housed other
vices: cock-fighting,
prostitution, and
gambling
http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/Moments07RS/17_web_leg_moments.htm
Two Crusading Organizations
• Anti-Saloon League
and Women’s
Christian
Temperance Union
• Prohibition was an
artifact from an
earlier age achieved
through capitalizing
on WWI atmosphere
http://www.legendsofamerica.com/photos-americanhistory/ProhibitionPoster.jpg
Arguments for Prohibition
• A Habit-Forming Drug
• Undermines Will Power
• Little less of a man after
each drink
• Degenerates the character
• Reverses the life principle
of the universe
http://www.wpl.lib.oh.us/AntiSaloon/printed_material/fliers.html
One Way to Obtain Alcohol in
the 1920’s
http://prohibition.osu.edu/content/medicinal_alcohol.cfm
A Whole New Language
• Bootleggers, Speakeasies, Rum
runners, Bathtub Gin, and Moonshine,
G-Men
http://www.old-picture.com/united-stateshistory-1900s---1930s/Moonshine-Still.htm
http://www.old-picture.com/prohibition-index-001.htm
http://www.old-picture.com/prohibition-index-001.htm
http://www.old-picture.com/prohibition-index-001.htm
A “Noble Experiment,” but…
• Alcohol consumption dropped
significantly from Pre-Prohibition to
Post-Prohibition period
21.63 gallons of beer (1916-1919)
13.58 gallons of beer (1934)
• Byproducts are organized crime, health
issues of those drinking bootlegged
liquor, corruption, and contempt for law
http://www.shout.net/~bigred/Capone.html
http://www.moviecarmania.com/prodimages/Al_Capone_1930_Cadillac.jpg
Rural America vs. Urban
America
http://www.timefreezephotos.com/pictures/nyc2.jpg
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~fmay/yaw/ccyaw&catherine.jpg