Urban & Rural DifferencesUrban & Rural Differences

How do differing ways of life lead to societal differences?

Vocab.

• Urban: area of city• Rural: area of small towns & farms• Conservative: favoring traditional views

and values• Speakeasies: hidden nightclubs &/or bar

that illegally sold alcohol• Repeal: to take away• Bootleggers: people who made, sold, &/or

transported alcohol illegally

“Cities… the place to be!”Cities… the place to be!”• 1920 census:

– 51.2% of Americans live in cities

– 1922-1929: 2 million ppl per year migrate from rural to urban areas

* Please answer the questions for th

e graph (top slide)

Urban LivingUrban Living

• Much more diverse– Americans + immigrants

from everywhere!

• SCARY!?– Tolerated drinking, gambling,

& casual dating– Streets filled w/ strangers– Fast-paced way of life

Rural LivingRural Living

• conservative values and close social & family relationships

• Slower-paced life

• More religious and/or moral base

Problems between Rural & Urban beliefs

• Conflict # 1: Alcohol

• Rural reformers dislike alcohol– Alcohol = crime, wife & child abuse, accidents on job

• 18th Amendment passes: Outlaws sale, drinking, & manufacturing of alcohol

Effects of 18Effects of 18thth Amendment Amendment

• Bootleggers hard to catch

● Bootlegging empires in large cities lead to violence

- Chicago: Al Capone - 522 gang-related murders

• Speakeasies popular• secret password to get in

Please write the questions and then your answers.

1. What effect of Prohibition does this cartoon illustrate (show)?

2. According to the cartoon, contributed to the success of organized crime during Prohibition?

3. In the cartoonist’s view, was Prohibition helpful (good) or harmful (bad)? Explain your answer.

1818thth Amendment Fails Amendment Fails

• Too many people enjoyed alcohol!

• Gov’t doesn’t have enough $ to enforce law

• US in the Great Depression, gov’t needed $

• Repealed by 21st Amendment in 1933

WHY do you think?

1. Approx. how many people live in rural vs. urban areas prior to the Civil War?

2. What is the first year in which more people live in urban areas?

3. Approx. how many people live in rural areas vs. urban areas in 1930?

4. What is the source of this information?

Please answer the following questions in complete sentences

• Who were supporters of prohibition?

• Why?

• Who were opponents of prohibition?

• Why?

What repealed the 18th Amendment and why was it passed?

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