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1.What caused the sale of alcohol to drop in the late 1930s?

2. Why did the sale of alcohol increase in the early 1920s?

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Prohibition Sales in 1920's

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Clarence Darrow Vs Williams Jennings Bryan

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Clarence Darrow Vs Williams Jennings Bryan

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Clarence Darrow, a famous trial lawyer at the time, was defending John T. Scopes in the Scopes Trial. He was going against William Jennings Bryan, a 3-time Democratic candidate for president and a strong fundamentalist, as the prosecutor.

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What cultural conflicts did Americans experience as a result of the change in customs and values in the 1920s?

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Fundamentalists were skeptical of some scientific beliefs because they interfered with the Bible's practices. Charles Darwin stated that humans evolved from apes. This frustrated fundamentalist. They believed that God created the first Man and Woman on earth. In the 1920s, fundamentalists began to call for laws that prohibited the teachings of evolution

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The growing divide between urban and rural populations was evident in the banning of teaching evolution in schools in the south. The trial was a fight over the role of science and religion in the American public schools, and ended in the conclusion that the bible could be interpreted in different ways.

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Prohibition contributed to the establishment of organized crime. Chicago was a major city that had gangsters and mobsters such as Al Capone. Capone made about 60 million a year from his bootlegging empire. Capone took control of liquor businesses by killing off his competition. Headlines reported 522 bloody gang killings

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The Volstead Act established a Prohibition Bureau in the Treasury Department in 1919, but the agency was underfunded. The job of enforcement involved patrolling 18700 miles of coastline to track down illegal alcohol, and overseeing all industries that legally used alcohol to be sure none was siphoned off for illegal purposes

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Speakeasies were underground bars essentially. They could be found almost anywhere and were a way around the law to drink alcohol. People also got alcohol beverages from bootleggers. Bootleggers were smugglers who kept the drinks in the leg part of their boots

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The Prohibition Era went down after the 18th amendment took effect in 1920. This amendment banned transportation of alcoholic beverages. In the aftermath of WWI, people were tired and just wanted to have a good time and drink. Eventually Prohibition's fate was scaled by the government

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In 1920, 51.2 percent of Americans lived in communities with 2500-1 million people. Between 1920-1929, the number sky rocketed to nearly to 2 million people that migrated from farms to cities.