Who Didn t The Pursuit Of Wealth - 1193 Words

wanted to be wealthy. They substituted their pursuit of happiness for the pursuit of wealth. Meaning, not only did they work hard at becoming wealthy, they gave their all and many died trying. On the other hand, people who didn’t have to work hard to get the money still didn’t work hard the whole time they had the money. They were a part of the leisure class. During the time of the Roaring Twenties society began to form an organization or community. Social class was one of the main conflicts during this time because there was a massive struggle between old and new America. Divisions between high and low culture demonstrated division between classes in Americans. These organizations were divided into the lower, middle, upper and leisure†¦show more content†¦New money was described as deceitful and people who owned it were vulgar. They were considered outrageous and explicit. New money was made usually in illegal ways such as bootlegging. Bootlegging was a crime, but it was looked upon with admiration. It was disrespectful, but that didn’t stop many of the police from participating in such illegal acts. Bootleggers were prominent and many officers were dismissed from any further investigations. Bootlegging was so popular and organized that it was incorporated into the mainstream such as films and movies. These illegal activi ties occurred because of the Prohibition, which made alcohol illegal in the first place. Prohibition encountered corruption and law enforcement and death rate went up. Homicides began to increase, many of these were due to drunkenness. Wets began to battle drys (drinking wise), and morals and manners began to fail. There were a few women unions who began to speak out against violence and alcohol abuse. The twenty-first amendment, which made alcohol illegal argued that grain used for alcoholic beverages should instead be used for bread. Many places began to close due to the new law and failed to reopen afterwards, so in addition to bootlegging some Americans took it upon themselves to make their own drinks at home. Bootleggers had the chance to become extremely wealthy with â€Å"new money†. The places that were