The Roaring Twenties a Time of Injustice
The Roaring Twenties: a Time of Injustice The "Roaring Twenties" was the age that was supposed to have been a blast when people were becoming free-willed. The real scoop is the 1920's were a time of injustice and murder. It was a time that sent our great country into debt. There were many unjust killings in the 1920's. At the Cook County Jail in Chicago, a criminal was hanged in front of 200 prisoners.1 This trial of injustice was to warn the prisoners to behave themselves. One college student from Dartmouth College killed another over an argument. The argument was over whiskey. During the 1920's the KKK (Ku Klux Klan) came back, slowly gaining more power. The KKK disliked Negroes, Catholics, Jews, and foreigners. The KKK murdered many people. At this time in 1920, there were about 2,000 national members in the KKK. By 1924, there were several million KKK members in their national membership.2 These KKK members terrorized those who were different from them. Wages were cut dramatically while the prices of items only grew. U.S. Steel cut wages back to the prewar rate of 30 cents an hour. This wage provided barely enough to survive. A movement to wear overalls spread over the South in hope of cutting cl
In England, there was a severe depression that left 18% of the people to go unemployed. Selling of cigarettes to adults was made legal. However, they did not find America very welcoming. that night so he could make the sixth inning of a baseball game. 3 However, America was not the only country headed towards a great depression. In the 1920's, there were many events that were similar to the events of today. It hurt our country in a way that will never be forgotten. The government in the 1920's became very relaxed in their punishment towards people. Not only was America greatly in debt, America was trying to pass anti-immigration laws.
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