Riverside Brookfield High School

Riverside Brookfield High School
Riverside, IL

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social sciences: 1920s

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January, 2005

The 1920's

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Site	Annotation
FindLaw: 18th Amendment	This link contains the actual Constitutional excerpt of the 18^th Amendment.
Eye Witness to History: Prohibition	This link contains an overview of the beginning of Prohibition.
SchoolNet: Prohibition	This link contains info about 19^th century attempts at prohibition in the U.S., “prohibition” presidential candidates, and a couple primary sources.
About.com: Prohibition in Chicago	This link contains numerous article links, organized crime links, fun quizzes, etc. that pertain to prohibition in Chicago.
Museum of History: Al Capone	This link provides a summary of Al Capone’s life.
Organized Crime: An American Way of Life?	link provides a very detailed look at the emergence of organized crime in America.
Google Search: Al Capone	This link provides other links to organized crime sites, mostly Al Capone related.
NARA Exhibit Hall: 19th Amendment	This link provides an overview of women’s suffrage with some good images.
FindLaw: 19th Amendment	This link contains the actual Constitutional excerpt of the 19^th Amendment.
Baseball in the 1920's	This link provides stories about top baseball stories from the 1920s.
Boxing	This link provides a history of boxing with some info about the era of the 1920s.