American Studies by https://padlet.com/18arosario2/zhctutup86n5 Lexi Rosario en-us 2017-03-07 17:20:55 UTC 2024-08-15 14:42:40 UTC hello@padlet.com Prohibition: This was when the manufacturing, transporting, importing, exporting, and selling of alcohol was made illegal. The Prohibition had the intentions of lowering the crime rates, to lower taxes that were needed to support prisons and poorhouses, and to improve the health of fellow Americans. It was a thought that the alcohol was leading to the increase in crime, which would lead to eventually overpopulating the prisons. 18arosario2 https://padlet.com/18arosario2/zhctutup86n5/wish/158870579 2017-03-09 05:11:24 UTC https://padlet.com/18arosario2/zhctutup86n5/wish/158870579 Draining all the alcohol 18arosario2 https://padlet.com/18arosario2/zhctutup86n5/wish/158871688 2017-03-09 05:25:22 UTC https://padlet.com/18arosario2/zhctutup86n5/wish/158871688 Government:The government cut back on spending and started focusing on taxes. With close ties between big business and government, scandals and corruption situations started coming out. The KKK starting terrorizing the public which also caused even more chaos in the midst of World War One ending. 18arosario2 https://padlet.com/18arosario2/zhctutup86n5/wish/158873955 2017-03-09 05:53:08 UTC https://padlet.com/18arosario2/zhctutup86n5/wish/158873955 Entertainment: The radio and the cinemas became a big thing. Just about every family had a radio in their home and most people attended the cinemas once a week. Charlie Chapman became an overnight celebrity and started the kickstart of silent movies. The movie theatres were looked at as more of movie palaces. They had a sense of royalty, completed with columns. Going to sports events also became a big thing. Especially going to see the New York Yankees play, Babe Ruth always put on a show. Football player, Jim Thorpe and boxer Jack Dempsey also were big sports celebrities as well. 18arosario2 https://padlet.com/18arosario2/zhctutup86n5/wish/158876775 2017-03-09 06:30:56 UTC https://padlet.com/18arosario2/zhctutup86n5/wish/158876775 Americans filling out their tax returns 18arosario2 https://padlet.com/18arosario2/zhctutup86n5/wish/158876941 2017-03-09 06:32:40 UTC https://padlet.com/18arosario2/zhctutup86n5/wish/158876941 18arosario2 https://padlet.com/18arosario2/zhctutup86n5/wish/158877141 2017-03-09 06:35:04 UTC https://padlet.com/18arosario2/zhctutup86n5/wish/158877141 Controversies: Al Capone was considered a controversy back in the 20’s because he was providing illegal alcohol during the Prohibition. He was a prime example of an (or the) “American Gangster”. The st Valentine’s Day Massacre was caused by him. 18arosario2 https://padlet.com/18arosario2/zhctutup86n5/wish/158879352 2017-03-09 06:58:47 UTC https://padlet.com/18arosario2/zhctutup86n5/wish/158879352 18arosario2 https://padlet.com/18arosario2/zhctutup86n5/wish/158879433 2017-03-09 06:59:50 UTC https://padlet.com/18arosario2/zhctutup86n5/wish/158879433 Essential Question: Were all Americans open to cultural change during the 1920s? How do you know? 18arosario2 https://padlet.com/18arosario2/zhctutup86n5/wish/158879542 2017-03-09 07:01:07 UTC https://padlet.com/18arosario2/zhctutup86n5/wish/158879542 Personally, I think it's pretty clear that (most) Americans certainly were NOT open to change. I think the most perfect example of this would be the KKK. Those were a group of white radicalists who's feelings were hurt by a little diversity. And instead of putting themselves in the African Americans shoes, they got crazy. Starting taking part in hate crimes and doing nothing but disrespecting a whole race, is definitely going the wrong way about it. Quite frankly, I think it's embarrassing. 18arosario2 https://padlet.com/18arosario2/zhctutup86n5/wish/158879630 2017-03-09 07:01:51 UTC https://padlet.com/18arosario2/zhctutup86n5/wish/158879630