The prohibition era in the United States during the 1920’s brought a lot of change because of congressional Acts, the rise of organized crime, and the illegal production/smuggling of alcohol. The progressive era reformers and The Anti-Saloon League called for temperance and an end to the production of alcohol (Boyer). The United States Congress began to implement change in the U.S. by passing the 18th Amendment. The 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibited the manufacture, sale
Progressive Era was a time period in the American history lasting from the 1890s through the 1920s. At the turn of the era, United States was undergoing rapid development and industrialization. During this time period, women were demanding their equal rights as men. The determinations of women during the Progressive Era ominously impacted the lives of numerous Americans. Women were standing equally as men, but, until that time women still did not had the right to vote. The position of women changed
Since the 1600’s, politics in the United States has affected education in many ways. When the pilgrims arrived in 1620, their values and ideas shaped society. Families were expected to teach their children literacy, and churches shifted from teaching religious values to teaching education. The Spanish tried to acculturate the Native Americans through schooling. In the 1700’s, people were concerned that families could not successfully teach their children so mass education became the solution. The
S. Supreme Court's dissolution of Standard Oil in 1911. The intense passions that came with the antitrust cases against John D. Rockefeller and the "octopus" have remained to color historical accounts. Much of the resulting literature reflects both the assumptions and the tone of the original dispute between the trustbusters and the defenders of Standard Oil. The reformers' view that the dissolution marked a turning point in the evolution