The 1920’s was a decade of dramatic social and political change in the United States of America. The decade of the 1920’s is known as the “Roaring Twenties” or the “Jazz Age”. This decade of mass change, brought about by World War I, launched the United States into the Modern Era. The changes of this decade were a result of individuals trying new things which had never been done before. People left their comfort zones, experimenting with new roles and ideas. Some of these changes included the boom
Meyer Lansky: Prohibition & Organized Crime [your name] [course #: course name] [date] Meyer Lansky's real name was Meyer Suchowljansky. He was born on July 04, 1902 in Russia, and died in Miami Beach, Florida on January 15, 1983. Lansky is Jewish, and while many Jewish Americans made positive contributions to the Jewish culture and American life, he became a powerful figure in organized crime. It was during Prohibition that he made a name for himself. Lansky lived in "the volatile
the Sicilian Mafia, which was founded in Sicily during the 1800’s (Italian Organized Crime). Originally the Sicilian Mafia was a group of resistance fighters. Their family and friends relied on them for protection, justice, and survival. Members of these groups were known as “Men of Honor” and they were well respected and even admired because of their dedication to others in need. They became an organized crime group in the 1920’s (Italian Organized Crime). It was around this same time that the
This romantic novel of the 1920’s by F Scott Fitzgerald recounts the story of Nick Carraway who moves to the East Egg to learn how to run a business. Then he meets a mysterious man named Jay Gatsby, who he becomes close to through talking as he is his neighbour. Slowly he learns the past of Jay Gatsby and the reason why he lives his life like that and his pursuit to achieve the American Dream. The pursuit of the American Dream is not found only by Jay Gatsby but many other characters. Social class
Ginsburg often spoke about the ERA and how she believed that women deserve a spot in the Constitution. Moreover, she founded the American Civil Liberties Union Women’s Rights Project in the 1970’s (Case). Ginsburg often spoke about her family, stating that “ I would like my granddaughters, when they pick up the Constitution, to see that notion – that women and men are persons of equal stature – I’d like them to see that is a basic principle of