In the 1920’s, there were many things that were transforming. During this time there were many new things being created that we use so commonly today and take granted for. Nativism was prominent during the 1920’s and created prejudice towards people not born in the United States. This also resulted in a fear in Communism, which was the idea that a government would have a full state ownership over a property (Danzer, 2006 P. 123). Even today people have a misconception on what it is like to be these people who get falsely accused. Liquor became illegal in America because a religious group, the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, that viewed alcohol as abusive and destructive (Danzer 2006, 132). This created new illegal jobs for gangsters,
