Speakeasy: Prohibition: Food
The Roaring Twenties, from 1920 to 1929, was a decade of defiance. America's economy was high; people were rich from the bond business and new technologies sold quickly. People were happy, as characterized by the ambience of social levity. America's populace was, to some extent, out of control. By the 1918s, many advocates and religious individuals believed that alcohol was to blame for their corrupt society. Many believed alcohol was a "serious threat to the integrity of their most vital institutions" (Clark 1). In the coming years, temperance movements and st…
