Cultural Tensions In The 1920s

The 1920s was a decade of exciting social changes and reflective cultural conflicts. For many Americans, the growth of cities, the rise of a consumer culture, and the so-called “revolution in morals and manners” represented a liberation from the restrictions of the country’s Victorian past. But for others, the United States was changing in undesirable ways. The result was a veiled “cultural civil war,” in which a pluralistic society classed bitterly over such issues as foreign immigration, evolution, the Ku Klux Klan, and race. The decade was both a decade of bitter cultural tensions as well as a period in which many of the features of a modern consumer society took cause. The 1920s in most commonly thought of as a self-indulgent interlude
Good things were happening in this decade of the 1920s, but underneath what looked like to be a newly industrialized and reformed society, there was a world of crime. Bootleggers and gangs evolved and that was a crime in itself. They shot police officers and caused too many horrific acts to name. There were businesses including bootlegging, gambling, prostitution, and murders to name a few. The society was starting to be run by the mob. This was also a chain reaction because it had to do with knowing certain information and then being paid off.. Even the cops were involved in this because they wanted their liquor, as long as they got it free, they would not report it. This is a main reason in which the mob was so powerful. They had money and knew how to use it. There were serial crimes, and the cops could not stop it from happening. It was organized crime that supplied the alcohol and Prohibition is the reason for it. This was indeed the “roaring 20s” but it was also roaring with gangsters. If it wasn’t for the prohibition, there would not be the need for any illegal acts of buying or producing alcohol. Therefore, there would not be the need for these gangsters who started all of this crime. There wasn’t even a need for them in the first place, but someone had to start all of this illegal activity, and they became “famous” for it. Some people saw them as bad
People did not see anything wrong with it, even though it was illegal, they saw nothing wrong with wanting a few drinks here and there. After all, it was legal just a few years back. It had to be one of the government’s worst ideas. It caused way more problems hat it ever did before. Even the average citizen broke the law. Yes, of course there was already variations of organized crime before this, but it was not nearly as bad as things had got during prohibition. Police forces were bought off, merchants were controlled, and politicians were bribed and even appointed by organized crime bosses (“Organized Crime in 1920s Chicago”). The legacy of organized crime extends to this day. Nearly the same things occur today with the modern drug war and organized