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HANNA SHADOWEN
Prohibition was a nationwide ban in the United States on the sale, production, importation, and transportation of alcoholic beverages. The ban started in 1920 and ended in 1933. A lot of people illegally sold and bought alcohol during this time.
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Al Capone is the most infamous gangster of all time. He owned a multi-million dollar operation in Chicago consisting of bootlegging, prostitution, and gambling. Capone was responsible for many violent acts. The most famous is the St. Valentines Day Massacre in 1929. After serving six and a half years in prison he died in Miami in 1947.
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BUGS MORAN
- Leader of the North Side Gang
- Made the "Drive By Shooting" popular
- Bugs attempted to kill Al Capone on two separate occasions.
- Moran went after everything that Al Capone loved, he burnt down Capone’s nightclubs, hijacked his liquor supplies and continued murdering anyone that came close to him.
- Received a 10 year sentence but died only months into his time from lung cancer.
EDWARD J. ADAMS
- Was an outlaw and murderer in the Midwest
- He met a bootlegger named John Callahan and quickly became involved in the business as well as robberies and car theft.
- Was sent to life in prison on February, 1921
- Adams escaped while being transported to the Missouri State Prison in Jefferson City, Missouri by jumping off the train
- Within days of escaping Adams robbed a bank and was soon convicted of bank robbery, he was sentenced to serve 10-30 years at the Kansas State Prison in Lansing, in addition to his life sentence in Missouri for murder.
Flappers were a "new breed" of young Western women in the 1920s who wore short skirts, bobbed their hair, listened to jazz, and danced.
The 19th amendment was passed on June 4, 1919 and ratified on August 18th, 1920. The amendment prohibited the sale and production of alcoholic beverages.
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Many inventions in the 1920s shaped the way America is today. A few examples are; the automobile, the airplane, the washing machine, the radio, the assembly line, refrigerator, garbage disposal, electric razor, instant camera, jukebox and television.
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