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ProhibitionComplete the following based on your
homework & the slides provided….
1) Identify the six most important concepts that your class should know regarding
the Prohibition era.NO STATISTICS…. Generalize or make factual inferences
based on statistics
Prohibition is an issue from WWI…
Prohibition …“The noble experiment”
18th Amendment…
29) The Volstead Act of 1919...
30) How well was prohibition enforced?
The Volstead Act…
The “speakeasy’…
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Per Capita Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages 1910-1929 .
32) How much did drinking decrease & what groups increased their drinking?
“I believe this diabolical thing- Prohibition was brought about by old maids, broken down preachers and politicians, rack-eteers, grafters and others looking for notoriety, and its administration is conducted by much the same class. Legislation by hypocrites- administration by grafters- is the politics of America. I believe that whiskey is the least harmful, and best all-round remedy we have in pharmacopeia.”
-Dr. Harry L. Randal
Prohibition 31) What effect did prohibition
have on organized crime?
Crime got worse… •Police funding: $11.4 Million •Arrests for Drunkenness: 41% •Arrests of Drunken Drivers: 81% •Homicides, Assault & Battery: 13% •Number of Federal Convicts: 561% •Federal Prison Population: 366% •Expenditures on prisons: 1,000%
Al “Scarface” Capone1899-1947
Chicago gang leader…“The most notorious gangster in the history of the nation”
"I make my money by supplying a public demand. If I break the law, my customers who number
hundreds of the best people in Chicago, are as guilty as I am. The only difference is that I sell
and they buy. Everybody calls me a racketeer. I call myself a businessman.“ - Al Capone
Capone’s income by 1929…100 million per year…
– $60,000,000 Speakeasies, distilleries & breweries)– $25,000,000 (Gambling– $10,000,000 (Brothels) – $10,000,000 other rackets
600 gangster employees
1925-1930 2010
Capone’s Earnings $100 Million $1.1 Billion
Ruth’s Earnings $110 K $1.2 Million
Hoover’s Salary $80 K $860 K
American Salary $2 K $22 K
The fall of Al Capone…• 1931 convicted of tax evasion • 11 years in prison… Eventually sent to Alcatraz • Released 1939 due to weak health… the effects of VD • Died in 1947 (Age 49)
The St. Valentines Day Massacre
Prohibition humor:
“Among the Bootleggers”
RESISTANCE TO MODERNITY
Objective…
Summarize the areas of resistance to the cultural changes of the 1920s.
Immigration Restriction33) Why restrict immigration?….
What immigrants were targeted?...
34) How did Madison Grant in his work, The Passing of the Great Race, reinforce
anti-immigrant bias?...
35) Restrictions embodied in the 1921 Immigration Act…Restrictions embodied in the (Johnson-Reed) Immigration Act of 1924?...
• Coolidge signing the 1924 Immigration Act
1921 Act – Based on the 1910 census…Limit immigration from a given country to 3% of those living in the U.S.
1924 Act – Based on the 1890 census…Limit immigration from a given country to 2% of those living in the U.s.
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Immigration: Red = Northern & Western Europe Blue = Southern & Eastern Europe
The Sacco & Vanzetti CaseNicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdstXviXwYA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3SuTTcj2u8
The Klan Rises Again…4.5 million members in 1924
“100% Americanism”
6) What attitudes & beliefs supported the KKK’s motto of “100 percent Americanism?”
Primary Document Analysis& Role Play
Ku Klux Klan: Letters to the Government
Objective…To describe the activities of the Ku Klux Klan during the 1920’s..
KKK Letter (Role Play)Part I:• The setting is President Coolidge’s Oval Office• The date is early 1928. • In an effort to learn more about the KKK, the President
has invited one member of your group to meet with him. – Remember you are the author of your letter.– Members of your group help you develop your ideas.
• You have 3 minutes to speak to him about the Klan. • As you listen to each speaker, take notes on what is
being said.Part II:• Return to your groups and serve as advisors to the
president and formulate an official White House statement about the Ku Klux Klan.
• Each group’s statement should be approximately four sentences in length.
KKK Rally K.K.K. Meeting 1923
1925: Anti-immigration march in N.J.
1923: Postcard
1924: KKK Spring festival
1925: 50,000 KKK members marching in Washington, DC
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The Ku Klux Klan36) What caused the resurgence of the KKK?...
The targets of the new Klan?...
37) How did it expand its scope and use new techniques of communication?...
38) How did the Klan present itself?
39) Where and when was it the most powerful?
40) What were the various reasons it lost influence?
The Tulsa, Oklahoma Race RiotsMay 31 & June 1, 1921
“one of the worst race riots in U.S. history”
• 301 dead • 1,500 African American homes, 600
businesses destroyed• Additionally, 21 churches, 21
restaurants, 30 stores, 2 theaters, a hospital, a bank, a post office, libraries & schools.
• The cause…
The Tulsa, Oklahoma Race RiotsJune, 1921
Religious Fundamentalismv.
Modernists
The Scopes Trial
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Religious Fundamentalism
41) The nature of the fundamentalist revival in the1920s…
42) - The target of fundamentalists…
- The target of modernists (Darwinists)…
“The Monkey Trial”• Fundamentalists…• The Holy Bible• State of TE –Butler Act• Wm. J. Bryan…
• Modernists…• Charles Darwin &
Evolution…• ACLU…• John Scopes…• Clarence Darrow…
Butler Act – “for any teacher in any of the public schools of the state to teach any theory that denies the story of the Divine Creation of man as
taught in the Bible, and to teach instead that man has descended from a lower order of animals.”
Clarence Darrow vs. Wm. J. Bryan Modernist - Fundamentalist
Defense - Prosecution
John Scopes
- Defendant
Two categories:Prosecution Defense
• ACLU• Fundamentalists• Charles Darwin• John Scopes • Modernists
• Clarence Darrow• Holy Bible
• Origin of the Species• State of Tennessee
• Butler Act• Wm J. Bryan
• Evolution
What is the significance of this trial?
Two categories:Prosecutions Defense
• ACLU• Fundamentalists• Charles Darwin
• Jon Scopes • Modernists
• Clarence Darrow• Holy Bible
• Origin of the Species• State of Tennessee
• Butler Act• Wm J. Bryan
• Evolution
What is the significance of this trial?
We aren't even holding our own
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