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This 9 page paper presents an overview of life in America during the 1920s with an emphasis on prohibition and the boom economy. The paper is broken down into sections featuring those issues in response to questions posed by a student. The 1929 crash is discussed in detail as is the role of organized crime in prohibition days. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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prohibition and the boom economy. The paper is broken down into sections featuring those issues in response to questions posed by a student. The 1929 crash is discussed in detail
as is the role of organized crime in prohibition days. Bibliography lists 10 sources. SA14220s.rtf I. Introduction There are many
periods of history that are endearing, or at least interesting, and the 1920s was one of those. During the 1920s prohibition was in full force and while that was the
case, that does not mean that Americans were tea totalers. Rather, the people would drink alcohol anyway despite its status. It was a prosperous time and a time when art,
literature and theater had undergone a revolution. The Great Gatsby would be written and was a work that signified a period that will never be forgotten. It was a
time when jazz and dancing were popular pastimes and one could say-despite the speakeasies, the bootlegging, and the brothels-it was also a time of innocence. At least that seems to
be true in retrospect. II. Why was Prohibition introduced in the USA in 1919? At the turn of
the century, dry legislatures had been favoring womens suffrage and also allowed popular referenda in respect to whether or not states should prohibit the formation of saloons ("prohibition," 1991). To
many voters who had been frightened by the idea that an increase in competition among saloons encouraged crime and corruption, and by psychologists and neurologists whose research showed that alcohol
is addictive, it was an important political question (1991). By the time 1916 rolled around, twenty-one states had already banned saloons (1991). During that year, members in Congress
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