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

One great man in the 1920's was Eugene Debbs. He was born as a grocer's son. In his teens, he worked on the railroad. He grew up to be the secretary-treasure of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen.6 He quit his job so he would be able to set up the Railway Union. He believed in industrial organization.

Many people were fleeing from their countries because of how deeply they were going in debt. However, they did not find America very welcoming. Not only was America greatly in debt, America was trying to pass anti-immigration laws. These laws would keep out nonwhites and the people who had ideas that clashed with America's conservative views.

In the 1920's, there were many events that were similar to the events of today. There was a murder trial similar to the O.J. Simpson trial. A brokerage house on Wall Street was bombed in the 1920's, similar to the bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City in 1990. The stock market had some all time highs, and some all time lows, just like today's stock market. Also, many people went into debt because of easy credit.

He then defied arrest stating, "I would rather be a free soul in jail then a sycophant and a coward in the streets."8 He was sent to prison in1920 but was pardoned by President Harding in 1921. Debbs also said, "...they cannot put the socialist mov

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