Friday, February 11, 2011

Acrostic Poem.

P rohibition increased amount of drinking in the U.S.
R easons: domestic violance and child abuse.
O caisinally more people start drinking.
H enry Ford was pushing Prohibition together with women`s organisation, who first started it.
I nforcment was impossible.
B ootleggers, people who made moonshine and bathtub.
I t didn`t ban possesion, consumption of alcohol.
T ransportation of alcohol was allowed.
I ncrease an organized crime.
O rganized crimes escaled.
N o 18th amendment. It is what the 21st amendment says.
IN THE

R ed Scare. Americans were afraid of unamerican people.
O pton Sinclair "Jungle". After this book factories put more rules in the food-making proces.
A mendment 18th banned manufacture and sale of alcohol.
R alph Nader "Unsafe at any speed". Settle more driving rules.
I mmigration Act of 1921: ethnic groups are limited to 2% of count from the 1890s. Asians were banned entirely.
N ew KKK was started. Nobody was safe anymore.
G reat Migration.

T he Ways of White  Folks" - by Langston Hughes. Fighting for the equel rights between all the people.
W omen were no more ladies. They were drinking and smoking.
E stablished law was broken by many people who was still finding the ways to drink.
N ot enough work.
T echnical development.
I ntensive movement african-americans from South to North to find jobs.
E ducational development.
S acco and Vanzetti. They were italian anarchests; followers of Luigi Galiani.

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