1. Unit 6 Day 4 (Prohibition) Quote: “When I sell liquor, it's called bootlegging; when my patrons serve it on Lake Shore Drive, it’s called hospitality.” - Al Capone Focus Question(s): How did new ideas challenge traditional values in the 1920’s and create competing ideologies? Specified Content: 18 th Amendment/Volstead Act, speakeasies/bootleggers, Al Capone State Standards: Strand 1 Concept 7 PO 3. c.

2. Prohibition By 1920 half of Americans were now living in cities. Between 1922 and 1929 over 2 million people moved into the cities every year.

3. Most cities had nightclubs, museums, sporting events, theaters, and movies in the cities. Casual dating and drinking were more common and accepted. This led people to believe that cities were causing the decay of morality.

4. 1920: The 18 th Amendment (Volstead Act) went into effect. The 18 th Amendment, also known as Prohibition, outlawed the sale, production, and consumption of alcohol.

5. Prohibition’s biggest effect was the rise of organized crime. Bootleggers smuggled alcohol into the U.S. and “speakeasies” sold alcohol despite it being illegal.

6. Organized crime made huge amounts of money running illegal activities, especially the sale of alcohol, in the cities. Al Capone ran Chicago from 1925 to 1929, making over $60 million a year.

7. Activity Answer the following questions based on the video: 1.What other amendment (not the 18th) worried alcohol producers? Why? 2. How many states were needed to pass the amendment? 3.Which famous African American believed alcohol undermined black progress? 4.When was the amendment passed by congress? (Year) 5.When was it ratified? (Year)