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The 1920’s The setting of F1920年代的背景. Scott Fitzgerald’s, The Great.ppt

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The 1920’s The setting of F1920年代的背景. Scott Fitzgerald’s, The Great

The 1920’s:The setting of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s, The Great Gatsby The 1920’s The 1920’s, also known as the Roaring Twenties (for it’s economic boom), was the post-war era. With the ending of the war, the time had come for people to let go of their repressed ways and begin living again. It was a time of great social change and everything was changing: Pleasure dominated and people prospered. It was a time of excess; alcohol, social activity, frivolous sex, and jazz music were in abundance. The following pages will give you a glimpse into the lifestyle of the 1920’s. Excess Alcohol Alcohol was in abundance, but this was a rather ironic situation. Between 1920-1933 the United States Government implemented PROHIBITION. Prohibition meant that it was illegal to manufacture, sell or consume alcohol. The basis for prohibition were religious beliefs: the association of alcohol with sin. An ultra-religious congressman from Minnesota, Andrew J. Volstead, was rigorously behind the 18th amendment and on January 29, 1920 Prohibition became the law of the land. Volstead’s intent was to rid the land of drunkenness. What he created was a 13 year span where alcohol consumption raised each year and was never to return to the lows it had been prior to the 1920’s. With prohibition in effect, this obviously raises one questions: if alcohol consumption was on the rise, but it wasn’t being manufactured or sold anywhere in the U.S., where was it coming from? Gangsters and G-Men! With prohibition came organized crime. Saloons went underground and became ‘speakeasies’. Speakeasies, unlike saloons welcomed women, and droves of people came. Gangsters such as Al Capone made their fortunes from organizing the import of alcohol illegally into the U.S. From liquor sales alone, Capone made 60 million dollars in one year. Famous Gang Getaways… Since organized crime was rampant in the streets of New York, Violence was up. Gangsters needed a quick escape from their crime scenes