The document provides information about key events and aspects of the 1920s in the United States, with a focus on Prohibition. It discusses how the 18th Amendment prohibited the sale and manufacture of alcohol nationwide from 1920 to 1933, which was very unpopular. It also notes that people found ways to circumvent the law by purchasing illegal liquor or making their own alcohol. The monument depicted appears to memorialize resistance to Prohibition, referencing John Barleycorn and dates relevant to the enactment and repeal of Prohibition.

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The 1920s

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• Prohibition
• Harlem Renaissance
• Ku Klux Klan
• Automobile/Consumerism
• “The Roaring 20s”
Table of Contents

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• The 18th Amendment/The Volstead Act
• Prohibited sale, distribution, and manufacture
of “intoxicating liquors”
• Greatly disliked by many Americans
• People found ways around the law by either
buying illegal liquor or making their own
• Eventually repealed by the 21st Amendment
in 1933
Prohibition

4. 4
Prohibition

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• What is this “monument”
supposed to be?
• How can you tell?

6. 6
• What is the significance of the
name “John Barleycorn” as
posted on the monument?
• What does the use of this name
reveal about the monument’s
purpose?

7. 7
What is the significance of
the dates mentioned on the
monument?

8. 8
What is the significance of
this line on the monument?

9. 9
• What might the “1711
Club” have been?
• How might
Prohibition have
affected the club and
its members?

10. 10
This monument was located in
the town of Meridien, a
Connecticut suburb.
Would you expect that
resistance to Prohibition was
more common in rural or
urban areas? Why?

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Do you think this monument
was a serious protest against
Prohibition or a joke?