1. Bootleggers, Preachers, and the Klan in the 1920’s
Cultural Conflicts 4.6
Bootleggers, Preachers, and the Klan in the 1920’s

2. Prohibition
Outlawed the manufacture, transportation, and sale of intoxicating liquors.
People still wanted liquor

3. Bootleggers
Anyone that could move booze could get rich.

4. Bootleggers modified their cars to be faster than the police.
Many would get together and race
This tradition of racing modified “stock” factory cars became….

6. Rum Runners Captain William S. McCoy aka "The Real McCoy"
Trafficked illegal liquor from Canada and the Caribbean up and down the U.S. Coastline

7. “Spider Murphy played the tenor saxophone,
Little Joe was blowin on the slide trombone,
The drummer boy from Illinois went crash, boom, bang,
The whole rhythm section was the Purple Gang,
Lets rock, everybody, lets rock,
Everybody in the whole cell block
Was dancin’ to the jailhouse rock.”

8. The Purple Gang Detroit Michigan

9. You don’t steal from the Purple Gang…

10. Speakeasies Clubs that served alcohol illegally.
These were the “hot spots” of the day.

11. Organized Crime Since booze was illegal.. Led to other activities
Controlled by criminals
Made criminals rich and powerful
Led to other activities
Prostitution, gambling, racketeering

12. Prohibition leads to the rise of Organized Crime

13. Al Capone Young Ruthless (murdered his way to the top)
Bought Policemen, Judges, Congressman
$60 million dollar a year organization ($850 million today)

14. Capone cont. Bought judges; was never convicted
Finally convicted on tax evasion charges

15. Fundamentalism Reaction to “New Morality”
Literal interpretation of the Bible.
Passed Anti-Evolution Legislation

16. Reverend Billy Sunday

18. Scopes Trial Teacher challenges Anti-Evolution laws
Free Speech vs. Fundamentalism
Trial becomes HUGE.

19. Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan

21. Fundamentalists win the trial, but lose credibility because they appear backward

22. 1919 Race Riots Tension over jobs and housing
Tensions between urban whites and blacks led to the “Red Summer”
Blacks always suffered the harsher ends of punishment

23. Revival of the Klan Spread to the North 4 Million Members
Biggest state was Indiana
Had several marches on Washington DC
Targeted Blacks, Jews Catholics and Immigrants

25. Rise of the NAACP Failed Anti-Lynching Legislation
Tried fighting discrimination through the courts

26. The Garvey Movement Marcus Garvey Jamaican Immigrant Businessman
Promoted black pride, separation of the races, and a return to Africa

27. Created the largest Pan-African Movement in History
Controversial figure within the Black Community
Met with Klan Leaders
Movement failed, but inspired others