Social Changes In The 1920s

The Roaring Twenties was a time known of dramatic political and social change that brought a lot of conflict, rather than a lot of celebration. This decade “featured economic prosperity and carefree living for many. The decade began with a roar and ended with a crash” (https://www.ncpedia.org/history/20th-Century/1920s). Americans were beginning to witness more inequality and conservatism than social change. It was the return of the Ku Klux Klan, the Prohibition Era, and the Monkey-Scopes Trials that caused a large amount of the change and conflict. During the 1920’s, the Ku Klux Klan exceeded over 4 million people nationwide and became a national organization. This revival reflected the American society struggling. The KKK was becoming
It stated the prohibition of the manufacturing, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors, however, it did not prohibit the consumption, private possession, or production of intoxicating liquors. It was passed in hope to eliminate crime and other social problems, but instead “it led to a rise in organized crime, as the bootlegging of alcohol became an ever-more lucrative operation”. The organized crime was beginning to be controlled by the Mafia and other similar gangs. These gangs were transforming themselves into “sophisticated criminal enterprises that reaped huge profits from the illicit liquor trade” (http://www.history. com/topics/18th-and-21st-amendments). The illustration of the Detroit Policemen inspecting equipment found in a clandestine underground brewery was not uncommon as this was known as an “organized crime”. The money which was being made off of these underground secret breweries was sometimes to used bribe the policemen to not make any charges. Because the government and local people were tired of the rules and effects of the Prohibition Era, the 21st Amendment was later passed in 1930 repealing the 18th Amendment and putting an end to