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Copy down vocabulary• Bootleg- illegal liquor often hidden in boot• Speakeasies- illegal bars of 1920s• Moonshine- illegal liquor made in an

unlicensed still (homemade)• Organized crime- organized groups conducting

extensive and planned crime. a.k.a. “mob” “mafia” “gangsters”

Prohibition

• 18th Amendment ends production, sale, transportation, importation, and exportation of alcoholic beverages in U.S.

• January 16, 19202 Points of View1. For Prohibition: traditionalists, temperance

movement, religious groups, many women2. Against Prohibition: young generation, drinkers, local

issue – not constitutional matter, alcohol tax helps economy

Against Prohibition

Largest seized moonshine still

Anti prohibition protests

For Prohibition

Movie

• As you watch the movie, answer the questions in each box.

Consumerism and Prosperity in the 1920s

Popcorn Reading!

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In 5-7 sentences answer these three tasks:1. Identify two changes to society and people’s

lives during the 1920s.2. Describe the the benefits of these changes.3. Describe tensions or issues that result from

these changes.