Rum runners were people who smuggle alcohol.
Out with the drinking.
Henry Ford pushes Prohibition Amendment.
IRS were enforcing Amendment 18.
Bootleggers which were people who make illegal alcohol.
Illegal bars were also known as SPEAK EASY.
Transportation of alcohol was banned.
"Intoxicating Liquors" manufactured and sale of liquor was banned.
Opposite was true instead of promoting the nations health and hygiene, criminal activity and drug abuse increased.
"Noble experiment" didn't work out too well when violent activity went on due to no alcohol being present.
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Roaring Twenties was a time when lifestyles changed, financial excesses, and technology progresses.
Organized crimes escalated and notorious names such as Al Capone appeared.
Amendment 18 had prohibited the manufacture, transport and sale of intoxicating liquor.
Red Scares refer to the fear of communism in the U.S.
Inventions like the automobile, radio, and the first movie with sound developed.
Nation became urban and commercial.
Great Drepression.
Traditions stopped when new technology developed.
Women smoked, drank, danced, and voted. They were called flappers.
Established law was broken by many people who began to look for other ways of obtaining alcohol.
"Nifty" and "Nobody's home" is some examples of slang, it means great and describes someone whose dumb.
Techniques of architect allowed builders to construct taller buildings; first skyscraper began in the 1920's.
Immigrants in major cities created the feelings of a foreign takeover.
Education was another important source behind the 1920's.
Society changed and brought many positive and negative changes in America.
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