After the Great War, everyone in the United States had to overcome challenging problems in order to return to normalcy. Even though the war was over, the hysteria still lingered. In the 1920’s, Warren G. Harding, the Republican candidate for president, ran with the slogan, “A Return to Normalcy.” This slogan was Harding’s way of saying that America simply wanted to forget the horrors of the Great War and try to get back to how life was before. American’s were introduced to new things during that time period including jazz and the first automobiles. Not to mention the crime rates skyrocketed due to the illegalization of alcohol and the number of gangs formed due to drug trafficking. First of all, the return to normalcy was a lot harder than
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The reasoning for the crime rate to increase was because of the ban of alcohol, or in other words the prohibition. The eighteenth Amendment of the Constitution outlawed the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors. The prohibition amendment had profound consequences. It made brewing and distilling illegal, expanded state and federal government, inspired new forms of sociability between men and women, and suppressed elements of immigrant and work-class culture (Gilderlehrman). The rise of mass disobedience to prohibition laws took the amendment’s advocates by surprise. People who could afford the high price of smuggled liquor flocked to speakeasies. Speakeasies were hidden sections of an establishment that were used to illegally sell alcoholic beverages during the prohibition. Some speakeasies were similar to today’s clubs, which include singing and jazz performances. After the prohibition, the American mafia, an Italian-American organized-crime network, rose to power through its success in the illicit liquor trade during the 1920’s (history). After the prohibition, the mafia moved into other criminal ventures, from drug trafficking to illegal gambling, while also infiltrating labor unions and legitimate businesses. With the prohibition newly introduced, the people turned more and more to criminal activity. Notorious characters in the violent crimes …show more content…
During the Roaring Twenties, the assembly line production and easy credit made it possible for ordinary Americans tp purchase many new consumer goods. Advertising became as big an industry as the manufactured goods that advertisers represented, and many families relied on new forms of credit to increase their consumption levels as they strive for a new American standard of living (khanacademy). The prosperity of the 1920’s led to new patterns of consumption. The expansion of credit allowed for the sale of more consumer goods and put automobiles within reach for average Americans. This simply means that if someone couldn’t afford to purchase a car at full price could pay off the car over time, with
The reasoning for the crime rate to increase was because of the ban of alcohol, or in other words the prohibition. The eighteenth Amendment of the Constitution outlawed the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors. The prohibition amendment had profound consequences. It made brewing and distilling illegal, expanded state and federal government, inspired new forms of sociability between men and women, and suppressed elements of immigrant and work-class culture (Gilderlehrman). The rise of mass disobedience to prohibition laws took the amendment’s advocates by surprise. People who could afford the high price of smuggled liquor flocked to speakeasies. Speakeasies were hidden sections of an establishment that were used to illegally sell alcoholic beverages during the prohibition. Some speakeasies were similar to today’s clubs, which include singing and jazz performances. After the prohibition, the American mafia, an Italian-American organized-crime network, rose to power through its success in the illicit liquor trade during the 1920’s (history). After the prohibition, the mafia moved into other criminal ventures, from drug trafficking to illegal gambling, while also infiltrating labor unions and legitimate businesses. With the prohibition newly introduced, the people turned more and more to criminal activity. Notorious characters in the violent crimes …show more content…
During the Roaring Twenties, the assembly line production and easy credit made it possible for ordinary Americans tp purchase many new consumer goods. Advertising became as big an industry as the manufactured goods that advertisers represented, and many families relied on new forms of credit to increase their consumption levels as they strive for a new American standard of living (khanacademy). The prosperity of the 1920’s led to new patterns of consumption. The expansion of credit allowed for the sale of more consumer goods and put automobiles within reach for average Americans. This simply means that if someone couldn’t afford to purchase a car at full price could pay off the car over time, with