Roaring Twenties by Mario Salguero

Roaring Twenties.

msalg562 — 2014-02-27 14:42:54 UTC

Many Americans spent the 1920s in a great mood. Investors flocked to a rising stock market. Companies launched brand-new, cutting-edge products, like radios and washing machines. Exuberant Americans kicked up their heels to jazz music, tried crazy stunts, and supported a black market in liquor after Prohibition.

KU KLUX KLAN

msalg562 — 2014-02-27 15:03:33 UTC

Founded in 1866, the Ku Klux Klan In the 1920s, the Klan moved in many states to dominate local and state politics. The Klan devised a strategy called the "decade," in which every member of the Klan was responsible for recruiting ten people to vote for Klan candidates in elections. America experienced great economic prosperity during the 1920's but not much of it filtered to the South. Racism mixed with anger at their economic plight formed and it caused alot of stress on the southern people because everyone was prospering in the united states with the new technology, music and fashion but the south was not enjoying much of these things.

EQ1- Why did the modern culture of the 1920's cause some people to think that traditional society and morality were under attack?

msalg562 — 2014-02-27 15:07:02 UTC

Nativism and Immigration

msalg562 — 2014-02-28 14:37:46 UTC

in the twenties there was alot of foreign immigration from Europe, many Americans didn't agree with he fact that immigrants were coming to america, because they were bringing diseases and they were the problem on the crime increasing rates, In 1924, Congress further restricted immigration with passage of the Johnson-Reed Act, also known as the Immigration Act of 1924. by the end of the decade congress made it more difficult for foreign immigrants to come to the country, also when immigrants arrived in the states they where treated bad and harassed by Americans.

Women and Controversies

msalg562 — 2014-02-28 14:43:53 UTC

The way women dressed.Although seemingly harmless by todays standards,women's fashion in the 1920's was controversial and was looked upon with disapproval by conservative men and women. Prior to the flapper movement,ladies kept their legs covered and didn't drink or smoke especially in public. Now young women were exercising their independence and developing an entire new fashion statement.People had many different views and opinions about their new fashion.Some people disliked the way flappers acted and dressed.Many wanted them gone.Even though flappers seemed bad they brought good for women in the future. Alot of people back then specially older people didnt approve much of these things women did, the way they dressed the way they acted and how they were evolving in a way that society had never seen, specially from young women, some did it because they stood up for what they taught was right some did it because they wanted to feel free, thats why you would always see women dressed how they wanted, dance how they wanted and acted like they wanted.

Orginized Crime/ Prohibition

msalg562 — 2014-03-04 14:52:44 UTC

The prohibition era of the 1920s gave rise to the organized crime in the United States. Federal efforts to enforce prohibition, including raids on speakeasies, were countered by well-organized bootlegging operations with national and international connections. A particularly notorious gang of all time was Al Capone`s mob in Chicago the windy city. There were also many other gangs in Detroit, New York and other big cities all around the country. All of these gangs and mobs competed against each other for power and money there was gang wars and killings because of the control over liquor, because each gang from each city wanted the most control because if they had it they were the ones who got to distribute it more and that meant more money for them. These are some statistics from organized crime in the 1920s.

Police funding: INCREASED $11.4 Million
Arrests for Prohibition Las Violations: INCREASED 102+%
Arrests for Drunkenness and Disorderly Conduct: INCREASED 41%
Arrests of Drunken Drivers: INCREASED 81%
Thefts and Burglaries: INCREASED 9%
Homicides, Assault, and Battery: INCREASED 13%
Number of Federal Convicts: INCREASED 561%
Federal Prison Population: INCREASED 366%
Total Federal Expenditures on Penal Institutions: INCREASED 1,000%