https://padlet.com/aimee_a_howes/4q2hoxmsrt0m Speakeasies and the Jazz Age - 1920s en-us 2016-12-05 20:12:14 UTC 2023-10-14 08:39:26 UTC hello@padlet.com aimee_a_howes https://padlet.com/aimee_a_howes/4q2hoxmsrt0m/wish/141875077 This website reveals the nature of speakeasies in the 1920s. Speakeasies were sparked by Prohibition, and the people involved in supplying speakeasies were often also involved in gangs. As alcohol became illegal, the desire for it increased. People who supplied speakeasies with alcohol quickly became rich. This website talks about the origin of the name "speakeasy." The word came from the common knowledge that people were supposed to "speak easy" when at a bar to avoid drawing attention to any alcoholic drinks. Many regulars at speakeasies used slang words for alcohol, including white mule, monkey rum, and coffin varnish. ]]> 2016-12-05 20:18:24 UTC https://padlet.com/aimee_a_howes/4q2hoxmsrt0m/wish/141875077 aimee_a_howes https://padlet.com/aimee_a_howes/4q2hoxmsrt0m/wish/141875163 This website discusses how Prohibition sparked the Jazz Age in America. Though the goal of Prohibition was to reduce crime and poverty, crime dramatically increased and more alcohol-related deaths sprung up across the country. Speakeasies, illegal nightclubs and liquor stores, replaced saloons across the country. Speakeasies could be found in nearly every building in large cities. With the Jazz Age came a new set of morals for women. Women cut their hair short and worse short dresses while drinking and smoking in public. This view of women was entirely foreign until the Jazz Age. There were few speakeasies in which flappers were not found. Many people blame the rise of popularity in music of the 1920s for the new behavior of people during the twenties.]]> 2016-12-05 20:18:39 UTC https://padlet.com/aimee_a_howes/4q2hoxmsrt0m/wish/141875163 aimee_a_howes https://padlet.com/aimee_a_howes/4q2hoxmsrt0m/wish/141875631 The Jazz Age glorified city life as many people were moving from the suburbs to the city. The 1920s blew up into an age of new morals. As F. Scott Fitzgerald said, "the parties were bigger, the pace was faster, the buildings were higher, the morals looser." This website draws comparisons between the effect the war had on people and the thirst to live life freely again. Many people let loose and enjoyed life as the Great War had left deep scars in their minds. Though the stock market crash of 1929 brought the Jazz Age to a screeching stop, many social walls were torn down and the people who lived through it were forever changed. As Heywood Broun said, "The Jazz Age was a wicked and monstrous and silly. Unfortunately, I had a good time."]]> 2016-12-05 20:20:09 UTC https://padlet.com/aimee_a_howes/4q2hoxmsrt0m/wish/141875631 aimee_a_howes https://padlet.com/aimee_a_howes/4q2hoxmsrt0m/wish/141875983 Historic buildings that stood during the 1920s are being refurnished and transformed into throwback speakeasies. This website shows how in the 1920s, speakeasies could be found in nearly every building across the country. Today, bars across the nation are recreating these speakeasies with 20s throwback themes.

]]> 2016-12-05 20:21:24 UTC https://padlet.com/aimee_a_howes/4q2hoxmsrt0m/wish/141875983 aimee_a_howes https://padlet.com/aimee_a_howes/4q2hoxmsrt0m/wish/141877216 2016-12-05 20:26:10 UTC https://padlet.com/aimee_a_howes/4q2hoxmsrt0m/wish/141877216 aimee_a_howes https://padlet.com/aimee_a_howes/4q2hoxmsrt0m/wish/141878152 The document here is of a daily newspaper in the time period. It discusses the means of enforcing the newly set laws and begs the question of a citizen's own common sense. It goes on further, questioning the rather drastic measures that pursues a product that is so widely used. It was recorded that numbers of officials being sent out into the field were increasing with every passing day. "They are working effectively and piling up convictions." Although the Amendment was enacted for the sole purpose of morality and 'good' publicity, it may have done more damage in the U.S. economy than it had done good. Millions were spent in order to maintain the laws that were introduced along with Prohibition. ]]> 2016-12-05 20:29:45 UTC https://padlet.com/aimee_a_howes/4q2hoxmsrt0m/wish/141878152 aimee_a_howes https://padlet.com/aimee_a_howes/4q2hoxmsrt0m/wish/141879110 The article begins with an initiation of the cleansing of cities, as well as villages. Anderson unleashes the burden of maintaining the law into the arms of the law enforcement. Mr. Anderson assumes the support of all mayors in Prohibition. He continues to state that the only fair method of testing the effectivity of the Amendment is through the complete compliance of citizens.]]> 2016-12-05 20:32:52 UTC https://padlet.com/aimee_a_howes/4q2hoxmsrt0m/wish/141879110 aimee_a_howes https://padlet.com/aimee_a_howes/4q2hoxmsrt0m/wish/141882207 The photo taken back in the 1920's best portrays prohibition and the booming bootlegging industry. Speakeasies was the best kept secret of their time, as it had been reserved in discrete locations wherein their alcohol demand was met by growing criminal groups. The photo represents the disregard for the whole entirety of the amendment itself, while mocking the means of the laws in place. Speakeasies were hidden sections of an establishment that were used to illegally sell alcoholic beverages during Prohibition. In order to gain entry into a speakeasy, one would need to know to say a password to the 'doorperson' so that they could ensure that they were not secret agents attempting to bust the speakeasy. The word "speakeasy" came from a bartender's term: people were encouraged to "speak easy" when at the bar to avoid any suspicion. Slang words were used in place of alcohol such as white mule, horse liniment, or monkey rum.]]> 2016-12-05 20:46:35 UTC https://padlet.com/aimee_a_howes/4q2hoxmsrt0m/wish/141882207 aimee_a_howes https://padlet.com/aimee_a_howes/4q2hoxmsrt0m/wish/142152893 Anti-Saloon League - the leading organization pushing for prohibition for the US in the early 1900s
Speakeasy - an illegal liquor store or nightclub during the Prohibition
Bootleg booze - illegally transported and sold alcohol during the Prohibition
Prohibition - the prevention by law of the manufacture and sale of alcohol between 1920 and 1933, made illegal by the 18th Amendment
Jazz Age - a period in the 1920s, ending with the Great Depression, that is marked not only by the popularity of jazz but also by Prohibition and changing morals]]> 2016-12-06 20:34:04 UTC https://padlet.com/aimee_a_howes/4q2hoxmsrt0m/wish/142152893 aimee_a_howes https://padlet.com/aimee_a_howes/4q2hoxmsrt0m/wish/142191859 In 1920, the 18th Amendment was passed and the sale and consumption of alcohol became illegal.  Though alcohol was outlawed in the hopes that crime and poverty rates would decline, Prohibition brought with it a new wave of crime and gang-related violence. Prohibition did little to deter people from consuming alcohol. If anything, the demand for the illegal substance increased. Speakeasies exploded around the country. Secret nightclubs and liquor stores popped up in buildings across the country. One could find jazz musicians playing through the night and flappers dancing in any speakeasy. People who supplied speakeasies with alcohol were often involved in gangs.  Though this was a very competitive and dangerous business, these suppliers often found themselves filthy rich. The Jazz Age was greatly affected by the Great War. Those who had served or had seen the true nature of war were scarred and wanted to live life to the fullest again. The Jazz Age brought an entirely new set of morals for women. They cut their hair short and wore short dresses while smoking and drinking in public. This created an entirely new and free generation that didn't play by the rules. As Scott Fitzgerald said, "the parties were bigger, the pace was faster, the buildings were higher, the morals looser."

Though alcohol was illegal, the underground productions and speakeasies made millions of dollars through the sale of the illegal substance. After World War I left so many people wounded, both physically and mentally, from battle, people wanted to live freely again and redefine themselves. As speakeasies became more popular, morals became looser. Flappers redefined how women acted as a whole. Women dressed in short dresses and cut their hair very short. They smoked and drank in public and did scandalous things that women would not normally do.  Many people supported speakeasies and, because flappers were such a unique part of these underground bars, most people accepted flappers and their outlandish behavior. As women gained more rights, they began to be able to express themselves more. They were no longer modest housewives who did chores and cooked meals. They were out in bars, arousing men and redefining how a woman should act in public. Though the Jazz Age ended abruptly due to the Great Depression, its effects are deeply rooted in American society today. If the 18th Amendment had never been passed, speakeasies would have never become such a large business.  Flappers would never have become accepted and women would not have been able to express themselves as freely.

]]> 2016-12-07 02:03:49 UTC https://padlet.com/aimee_a_howes/4q2hoxmsrt0m/wish/142191859 aimee_a_howes https://padlet.com/aimee_a_howes/4q2hoxmsrt0m/wish/142401511 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcEqb5cgVUs]]> 2016-12-07 19:24:03 UTC https://padlet.com/aimee_a_howes/4q2hoxmsrt0m/wish/142401511