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The Rise of The Klan
Immigration, The red scare, and anti-communist people led to the second rise of the Ku Klux Klan, bigots that use anti-communism as an excuse to harass anyone unlike themselves, though it had been almost completely inactive since the 1870s. The revived Klan was devoted to "100 percent Americanism" -
More Stores ; More Products
More goods were available to the people and more variety was as well. Electrical appliances like vacuum cleaners and radios were sold almost as much as Automobiles. Drugstores did not just stock medicine and grooming supplies but many other things, like electric appliances. -
Organized Crime
Prohibition caused many Americans to completely disrespect the law, among other things. In almost every major city, underworld gangs controlled the business world, seizing the opportunity to make and sell liquor, pocketing huge profits, this was called bootlegging. The bootlegging business brought over $60 million a year. -
The Flapper
Projected more of an image of rebellious youth than a widespread reality. The casual, boyish fashion of the 1920s reflected this image of a new, sophisticated woman. -
The Changing Family
Widespread social and economic changes reshaped the American Family. The birthrate dropped continuously throughout the 1920s due to the wider availability of birth control information. Also, social and technological inventions simplified household labor and family life. -
Prohibition
This was the 18th Amendment, stating that the manufacture, Salem and transportation of alcoholic beverages was prohibited. The Woman's Christian Temperance Union had helped helped push the amendment to be ratified. The effort was doomed, Americans were tired of making sacrifices, they wanted to enjoy life. The Government also didn't budget enough men and money to enforce this law -
The Scopes trial
In March 1925, Tennessee passed a law that made it a crime to teach evolution. John T. Scopes defied this law and went to trial. Almost overnight the trial became a national sensation. The case was really about The first amendment and challenging the bible. Scopes did not win the trial. -
Movies
By 1925, film making had become the nation's fourth largest industry, and more than 20,000 movie houses did steady business nationwide. -
School Enrollments
By 1926 4 million American students attended High School, sparked by prosperous times and by higher educational standards demanded for jobs in industry. -
The Automobile
Once created, this led to the expansion of landscapes in America. The first automatic traffic signs started in Detroit in the early 1920s. The first underwater tunnel (The Holland Tunnel) was designed specifically for motor vehicles and opened in 1927 connecting to New York City, Jersey City, and New Jersey