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Prohibition
http://www.cbc.ca/landandsea/2012/08/rum-runners.html
Key Terms
Prohibition: refers to the banning of making, selling, and distribution of alcohol
Speakeasy: an illegal bar, private clubs that serve alcohol
Bootlegging / Rum-Running: illegal sellers of alcohol
Prohibition
Implemented in Canada 1918-1920 (PEI 1948)
Implemented in USA 1920-1933
Seen as an experiment to make society better “ The Noble Experiment”
Women’s Christian Temperance Union- WCTU
Temperance Movement
A temperance movement is a social movement against the consumption of alcoholic beverages.
Criminalization
Legal in Canada before it was legal in the US
Canada sold a lot of alcohol to the US (Windsor/Detroit corridor
“Black Market” for booze
Rise of Organized Crime
Prohibition had some positive social effects:
-Crime rate dropped
-arrests for drunkenness decreased dramatically
-Workers took their pay cheques home instead of to a tavern
-Industrial efficiency improved
Flappers
(In the 1920s) a fashionable young woman intent on enjoying herself and flouting conventional standards of behavior.
Flappers were seen as a brash (rude/cocky) for wearing excessive makeup, drinking, smoking, driving automobiles, and otherwise flouting social and sexual norms.
Woman During WW1 Flapper 1920
Culture in the 1920’s
Group of 7
Fads
Jazz
Movies
Sports
Fashion
American Influences
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