3 – Things you remember about Canada after the war

2 – Two reasons why you think the 1920s were “Roaring?”

1 – Thing you want to learn in the 20’s

MIND’S ON – 3-2-1 ANTICIPATION

Prohibition Terms and Pictures

THE JAZZ AGE OF THE 1920’S

CHANGING SOCIAL ATTITUDES

• The 1920’s were years of contrasts, conflict, and change

• Women’s Christian Temperance Union lobbied to ban gambling, drinking, theatre attendance, and public dancing

• Down the street, young people would be drinking and dancing to the wild new sounds of jazz

• Jazz was the most popular style of music, moving from the American South to Canada

• It coincided with the rise of the radio, which introduced news, fads, music and shows to North America

THE JAZZ AGE

• It also showed that “Americanization” was in full swing and Canadians were looking south for the new styles

• Was when the sale, manufacturing and transportation of alcohol was illegal

• Also known as The Volstead Act in the US, and was in eff ect from 1920-1933

• Diff erent provinces in Canada ended it at diff erent times in the 1920’s

PROHIBITION

• Speakeasy was a nickname for a private bar, they were also referred to as Blind Tigers or Blind Pigs

• The term comes from being able to order alcohol without raising suspicion - a bartender would tell a patron to be quiet and "speak easy“

SPEAKEASY

• Nickname for a young woman in the 1920’s

• Defined by the ‘bob’ haircut and short dresses

• Often seen drinking and smoking in public, which was previously unheard of for women

FLAPPER

• Sometimes involved with the shadier side of organized crime

• Represented open and liberal attitudes, and offered a new sense of freedom for women

• Later became part of the mainstream

• Usually private, and almost always affi liated with organized crime. You would need to be invited, know the secret password, etc

• Police often raided them, but would take bribes to stay away or warn the owner

• The “unoffi cial mayor of Chicago”

• Leader of organized crime in the US

• Had connections to Canada through Moosejaw, Sask.

AL CAPONE

• Was the original “Scarface”

• Was eventually arrested by Eliot Ness from the US Treasury Dept for tax evasion

• Bootlegging was illegally making and selling alcohol

• It was the biggest business for organized crime

• Rum-running was smuggling booze across the border into the US (Canada provided whiskey, Mexico provided tequila and rum)

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BOOTLEGGING AND RUM-RUNNING