03. The 1920s in the U.S.
Visit the History channel, section The Roaring Twenties.
Watch the video you have been assigned and be ready to report it to the class.
I. Age of consumerism - Rising of middle class
1920s Inventions
During the roaring 1920s, inventions like home refrigeration and penicilin sent America into the modern age.
VII. The Prohibition Era
America Goes Dry with Prohibition (2:35)
From 1919 to 1933, the manufacture and sale of alcohol is banned in the United States.
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1919-1933 alcohol banned in the US
18th amendment (1919)
temperance (union): abstinence from alcohol
Carrie Nation
21st amendment (1933)
Rising of organized crime
Al Capone (1899-1947): better-known gangster
The Many Moods of Al Capone (2:00)
There's more than meets the eye to Al Capone, the Prohibition-era leader of organized crime in Chicago.
There's more than meets the eye to = something that you say when you think that something or someone is less simple than they seem to be at first
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an underdog
Coroner's Report: Al Capone (2:38)
Al Capone survived assassination attempts, brutal gang wars and an attack by a fellow inmate at Alcatraz. How did unprotected sex finally take down one of history's most notorious gangsters?
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a pimp
to munch
corkscrews
demented
The popular Green Mill Lounge sat above an elaborate maze of tunnels utilized by Al Capone for quick escapes and the transportation of patrons, criminals and booze.
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hangout
maze
patrons
booze
mob
speakeasies
brothels
hotspots
underworld
get busted
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liquor
era
temperance
tax revenue
law-abiding
to repeal (an amendment)
Bet You didn't Know: Prohibition (3:00)
Did you know it wasn't illegal to drink during Prohibition? Get the whole story behind the "noble experiment."
Now recap.
1. 1920s Inventions (1:34)
6. Coroner's Report: Al Capone (2:38)
5. The Many Moods of Al Capone (2:00)
2. America Goes Dry with Prohibition (2:35)
4. Al Capone’s Hangout (2:30)
3. Bet You Didn’t Know: Prohibition (3:00)
Photo gallery of the Roaring Twenties!
Click here for a photo gallery of the Roaring Twenties.
See if you have what it takes to survive the Roaring Twenties!
Click here for a multimedia task.
Instructions
See if you have what it takes to survive the Roaring Twenties!
To find out, select the role of a man or woman by clicking on one of the two portraits over the fireplace.
Then use the game board on the table to move from one situation to another.
You can visit five different places. In each, you will have to choose the appropriate type of clothing to wear, or determine which is the best way to react.
You win or lose points depending on your answers. You can accumulate up to a total of 1,000 points, 500 per character.
Each character's progress will be displayed in a dial in the upper right of your screen. You can click on a dial at any time to return to the menu and select another character.
To select a new place, you can go back to the game board at any time by clicking on the BACK arrow located at the top of the screen.
Beware! If you quit a place before you answer all the questions, you will lose all the points you accumulated there.
And, once you answer all the questions related to a place, be aware that its entry will be locked on the game board.
Prohibition
Glossary of terms and definition