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Title: BELLWORK


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BELLWORK
  • What was the Great Migration?
  • Who was Marcus Garvey?
  • What groups in society did the middle Klan
    target? Why?
  • What is temperance? Why did people support this?
  • What groups in society supported temperance?
  • THINKER If the production and consumption of
    soda became illegal in the U.S. how do you think
    people would react? Would you stop drinking it?
    Explain.

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Prohibition
  • 18th Amendment passed on January 16, 1920
  • Made the manufacture, transportation and sale of
    alcohol illegal.
  • Goals
  • Eliminate drunkenness and domestic abuse
  • Get rid of saloons where prostitution and
    gambling thrived
  • Prevent work-related accidents

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Carrie Nation
  • One of the biggest supporters of the prohibition
    movement
  • Promoted her viewpoint through vandalism
  • On many occasions, she would enter a place that
    served alcohol and attack the bar with a hatchet
  • Described herself as a bulldog running along at
    the feet of Jesus, barking at what He doesn't
    like

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Prohibitions Effectiveness
  • The new amendment was widely ignored.
  • It created a bigger contrast between rural and
    urban areas.

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The New Criminal
  • Bootlegger supplier of illegal alcohol.
  • They would produce their own alcohol or smuggle
    it into the U.S. through Canada and the
    Caribbean.

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Templeton Rye
  • Al Capones favorite drink!
  • Made in Templeton, Iowa during prohibition
  • Main source of income for farmers/citizens
  • Extremely popular in Chicago, Omaha, and Kansas
    City
  • Capone would send group of men into Templeton
    cemetery to retrieve the supply of alcohol and
    return it to Chicago
  • Hid the supply in the tombstone of my great great
    grandpa, Bernard Bruggeman
  • Templeton was a small town of 200, and over 100
    were Bruggeman's!

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Consumption
  • Bootleggers would secretly supply alcohol to
    restaurants and nightclubs.
  • Speakeasies bars that operated illegally.
  • Had to have membership to be allowed in these
    underground bars.

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Some speakeasies are disguised behind florists
shops, or behind undertakers coffins. I know
one, right in Broadway, which is entered through
an imitation telephone-box it has excellent
beer. -Paul Morand, 1929
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Speakeasy Video Clips
  • Some Like it Hot
  • Start at 130
  • http//www.youtube.com/watch?vo3NRKWEDkDM
  • Cities of the Underworld
  • New York Secret Societies

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Organized Crime
  • The complexity of bootlegging, along with high
    profits, led to the development of organized
    crime.
  • Gangsters competed to supply liquor, but clashed
    with other gangs.
  • Rival groups fought in the streets with machine
    guns and shot guns.
  • The gangs moved into other illegal activities,
    including gambling and prostitution.
  • Why do you think the police did not stop this?

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Crime
  • Gangsters bribed police and other government
    officials to ignore their illegal operations.
  • Gangsters forced local businesses to pay a fee
    for protection.
  • If anyone refused, their business or home would
    be blown up.
  • Terrified citizens and supporters of prohibition
    were forced to comply with their demands.

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Homicide Rates
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Al Capone
  • Al Capone, nicknamed Scarface, was the most
    famous gangster of Chicagos organized crime
    network.
  • Capone bought the cooperation of police, city
    officials, politicians, and judges.

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St. Valentines Day Massacre
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Al Capone
  • Capone murdered and bribed his way through
    Chicago for a decade.
  • He was finally arrested and imprisoned in 1931
    for income-tax evasion.

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All I ever did was supply a demand that was
pretty popular - Al Capone
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  • When Prohibition was introduced, I hoped that it
    would be widely supported by public opinion and
    the day would soon come when the evil effects of
    alcohol would be recognized. I have slowly and
    reluctantly come to believe that this has not
    been the result. Instead, drinking has generally
    increased the speakeasy has replaced the saloon
    a vast army of lawbreakers has appeared many of
    our best citizens have openly ignored
    Prohibition respect for the law has been greatly
    lessened and crime has increased to a level
    never seen before.

John Rockefeller 1932
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The End of Prohibition
  • Prohibition became more unpopular during the
    Great Depression.
  • Congress repealed the 18th Amendment in 1933.
  • The 21st Amendment declared an end to
    prohibition.

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Closure
  • Why did people support prohibition? Why were
    people against it?
  • In your own words, describe a bootlegger and a
    speakeasy.
  • How did prohibition lead to an increase in
    criminal activity?
  • Who was Al Capone?
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