PPT-The Roaring 20’s Prohibition, Bootleggers, Flappers, Monkeys, and Baseball…and then

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 laissezfaire. 1920s economy. By 1924, the economy recovers and there is a lot less discontent in society. Canada enters a period of post-war prosperity. People begin to have money in their pockets again to spend on luxuries . Who was involved in Bootlegging?. Bootleggers were smugglers during the prohibition in the 1920’s. A famous Bootlegger was Al Capone, Capone was a Bootlegger in Chicago from 1921-1931. .. What did Bootleggers do?. During . the 1920s. Political Change. Robert Borden. Conservative Prime Minister who helped Canada become independent from Britain. Political Change. Arthur Meighen. Helped write the Military Service bill Conscription. (Library of Congress). In the 1920s baseball recovered from the "Black Sox" scandal of 1919 as attendance soared in ballparks throughout the country. (. Photodisc. , Inc.). Charles Lindbergh with his plane, the Spirit of St. Louis. His 1927 flight from New York to Paris instantly made him an American hero. (Library of Congress). Prohibition. Definition. the prevention by law of the manufacture and sale of . alcohol in . the US between 1920 and 1933.. Beginning Ideas of Prohibition. Women’s Christian Temperance Union. Fought for Prohibition. th. Amendment? . Aim: Were the 1920s a step forward or back?. PROHIBITION AND CRIME. The 18. th. Amendment: . banned the sale and consumption of alcohol . Prohibition Support . Volstead Act:. . law enacted by congress to enforce the 18. Mass Production . **With the war over people wanted a return. . to “normalcy.”. . -Industries produced consumer goods. . -clothes, cars, . radios. , . washing . machines, . . vacuum . Definition. the prevention by law of the manufacture and sale of . alcohol in . the US between 1920 and 1933.. Beginning Ideas of Prohibition. Women’s Christian Temperance Union. Fought for Prohibition. 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 . Ch 7.1. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS. What is a recession?. Do economic recessions increase feelings of . Nativism. against immigrants?. Monday. , March 19, 2012. Understand the different clashes of values in the 1920s.. Ch 7.1. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS. What is a recession?. Do economic recessions increase feelings of . Nativism. against immigrants?. Monday. , March 19, 2012. Understand the different clashes of values in the 1920s.. . Prohibition . Era. “Why don’t they pass a Constitutional amendment prohibiting anyone from learning anything? If it works as well as prohibition did, in five years Americans would be the smartest race of people on the Earth.”. “. The New Woman. ”. Women played an important role in jobs in WWI . – but they are forced out of their jobs after. “Flappers” represented changes in values. . Short hair, short skirts, heavier makeup, listened to jazz music, openly drank and smoked cigarettes. “. The New Woman. ”. Women played an important role in jobs in WWI . – but they are forced out of their jobs after. “Flappers” represented changes in values. . Short hair, short skirts, heavier makeup, listened to jazz music, openly drank and smoked cigarettes.