prohibition began

in 1919 when the 18th

amendment criminalized the

manufacture,  transport  and  sale

of alcohol.  Hoover's "noble experiment"

ended up being called the "failed experiment",

as instead of curbing poverty and domestic abuse,

it gave rise to organized crime, unregulated alcohol

production, and to the creation of thousands of illicit

drinking establishments called "speakeasiers", across

the country. it also enabled different classes, races,

and genders to mingle in social situations for the

first time. women ventured out without men

to drink, smoke, and  even wear shorter

hemlines, enjoying the cultural as

well as economic shift of

the roaring '20s.

 

speakeasies,

where jazz music

was almost exclusively

found, also played a very big

role in the evolution and accessibility

of jazz. most often run by mobsters, who,

indirectly, helped the popularization of jazz,

also provided a stage for black jazz musicians.

with jazz, bootlegging and prohibition, "the jazz

age" had formally begun. it's ending trailed off

with the beginning of the great depression,

just a few years before the end of

prohibition, though jazz

continues . . .

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