PPT-Bootleggers

Who was involved in Bootlegging Bootleggers were smugglers during the prohibition in the 1920s A famous Bootlegger was Al Capone Capone was a Bootlegger in Chicago from 19211931 What did Bootleggers do. When the American Medi cal Association chafes under Federal Trade Commission oversight it feels the same frus tration Adam must have felt at the menu regu lations he faced in Eden But often people want relief not from regulation but through the pro The Temperance Movement in Miami, 1896-1920 By Paul S. George* The literature on Miami during national prohibition (1920-1933) is plenti- ful, since the "Noble Experiment" failed so spectacularly in “New Youth”. At Work. At Leisure. At Politics. At Home. Youth in Rebellion. VI. Assessment. Clara Bow. Mary Pickford. I. At Work. II. At Leisure. III. At Politics. Alice Paul. (ERA). . Great Migration. Cities had less conservative morals that smaller towns. People moving into the city were not ready to cope with the crowding, job competition, and unfriendliness of the city. RURAL VS. URBAN. read: “the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors...is hereby prohibited”. EFFECTS OF PROHIBITION. Alcohol consumption went down ⅓. Alcohol related deaths declined . Decrease of arrests for drunkenness . “Silent Cal” Becomes President. “The business of America is Business”. Coolidge believed in little government intervention in the economy. Said very little. Silent Cal Gives the People what They Want – laissez-faire!.