PROHIBITION OF 1920

ROARING TWENTIES

• In 1920, states all over America were making alcohol illegal.
• The 18th Amendment, banned the manufacture, transportation and sale of intoxicating liquors.
• US citizens were astonished by this law that illegals all alcohol.
• Police would storm bars to get rid of alcohol and they even sometimes poured it down the drain.
• Some people left their state and went to a different state that wasn't illegal to drink.

THE REVOLT

• U.S. Citizens would start a revolt against the prohibition.
• U.S. Citizens would smuggle in alcohol from other states that wasn't prohibited.
• Secret hideouts/Bars were made for people who didn't want to go to another state for alcohol.
• Codes/Passwords were given to drinkers and they used it as code to unlock the door to get in.
• Some police would get word that there was a bar hidden somewhere in town.

FLAPPERS

• Flappers were women that would drink, smoke and wear short skirts.
• Flappers would usually start the rumors of secret bars and invite gentlemen they liked.
• Not all women in the 1920's were Flappers but most of them were at the time.

THE ARREST RATE OF 1920-1930

• The number of arrest went sky high during the Roaring Twenties.