Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Acrostic Poem

P - People were very angry about this act, and did not agree with it.

R - Riots, and many of them were started over this act due to all the angry people.

O - Over dosing on alcohol was a big issue during this time.

H - Helping steal alcohol, was what many people contributed too, which equalled jail for them.

I - Increase of depression occured, people were upset they couldn't over use alcohol.

B - Beer is bad, well beer was good to some, however became a bad substance.

I - Installment Plan begun.

T -
Temperance advocates and prohibitionists continued to fight distillers and saloon owners, and people who drank.

I - Immigrant Restrictions, stopped immigrants from being allowed into the country, and to stop the use importation.

O - Open in our American.

N- No one was allowed to drink.





R - Roaring Twenties was a time of new technology and changes.

O - Organized crime

A - Apple Sauce, was a word used in replacement for curse words used today.

R - Road construction was crucial to the motor vehicle industry.

I - Industrialization paved the path for the roaring twenties

N - New fashion, style of clothing was different and more provocative than usual.

G - Gangs were very popular, and there were many of them.



T - Technology changed a lot, they had

W - Women wore dresses above the ankles.

E - Electric cars were made and driven.

N - New look, people

T - The 1920s was a decade of increased consumer spending and economic growth fed by supply side economic policy

I - Income tax was established in 1913

E - Everything seemed to be feasible through modern technology.

S - Spirit of the Roaring Twenties was associated with modernity.