James Madison College presents student essays which study key events of the 1920's. Includes essays about prohibition, immigration, and crime.
Maintained by the Westerville, Ohio Public Library, this archive includes material printed by the organization and profiles of its leadership.
Mark Thornton at Auburn University provides a detailed study of the failures of the policy of the prohibition of alcohol in the 1920s and 30s.
Fifteen chapter study chronicles the start of Prohibition, the development of speakeasys and gangsterism, and the end of the noble experiment.
Larry Engelmann provides a six chapter chronology of the emergence and later failure of alcoholic prohibition in the US.
Encyclopedia entry examines the Civil War origins of the term, and describes the phenomenon during Prohibition.
Offers an introduction to the legal ban on alcohol in the U.S. and details the Anti-Saloon League of America and Volstead Act.
Chronicles the history of this anti-alcohol movement in the US, culminating in Prohibition in the 1930s.
Read an article from a 1925 issue of the American Mercury featuring anti-prohibition rhetoric by US Senator James Reed.
Michigan State class project provides student essays on its effects on crime, the role of women's organizations, and the propaganda efforts.
Studies the effect the prohibition of alcohol had on the economic, social, and political fronts in 1920's America.
Term paper by Catherine H. Poholek argues that the contribution of Prohibition to the rise in organized crime outweighed its benefits to society.
Provides a schedule for this historic tour of Chicago in the 1920's. Includes special group pricing rates as well.