How far did US society change in the 1920s?

Question 0

What was Prohibition?

Answer 0

Prohibition or the 18th amendment, or the Volstead act was a change in the constitution that banned, the making transportation, and selling of alcohol.

Question 1

What were the roaring twenties?

Answer 1

The roaring twenties were the years between 1920 and 1930.
During this one several key things happened;
Prohibition was introduced and then abolished.
The effects of prohibition started such as gangsters and speakeasies.
The migration of the majority of the population to urban areas

Question 2

Why was prohibition repealed?

Answer 2

Prohibition was reaplealed for several reasons;

1. It was causing more organised crime, an example of this is the highly profitable gangs that were smuggling and selling alcohol.
2. It didn’t work, underground clubs and bars opened called speakeasies.
3. Their was corruption in the police force which, which meant they would turn a blind eye if they saw bootlegging.
4. The money made by the gangs wasn’t tax by making prohibition legal the government would receive the tax it was due

Question 3

What was bootlegging

Answer 3

Bootlegging was the smuggling of alcohol

Question 4

Why was prohibition introduced?

Answer 4

1. Many Christian groups thought drinking was a sin.
2. During WW1 brewers were known to be of German decent.
3. Thought it wold reduce violence and poverty

Question 5

How were black people treated in 1920s America?

Answer 5

The Jim Crow laws prevented black and white people mixing (segregation) this only effected the southern states.
The KKK who were most powerful on south of America, they were a racist group who would kill Black people.
And even in the north black people could only get menial jobs.

Question 6

What was the Ku Klux Klan (KKK)?

Answer 6

The KKK were a white Anglo-Saxon Protestant (WASP) group. That was very popular in southern America they believed blacks to be inferior and believed in white supremacy. They wore white sheets and their symbol was a burning cross. Many off their members were poor white people who were scared black people would take their jobs, but also rich white racist joined. They would lynch and torture black people, but would also attack other minorities such as homosexuals and Jews. In 1925 50,000 klans members marched through Washington.