AUHIS 251 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Stone Mountain, Georgia, Speakeasy, Calvin Coolidge
30 Sep 2018
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Many women, but a lot of progressive men included. Led a more free life, so they drew a lot of attention. Police officers, politicians were in on it america had a thirst. Led a group of fbi agents in chicago (the untouchables) to work on some of the craziness of the 20"s. Very hard for the mob to try to kill these guys because they would get caught. People were tired of the democrats by now. Known as most ignorant of american presidents. Allowed some of his big money friends access to federally owned land in order to access resources. Part of the area called the teapot dome. Buddy to big business and oilmen, even some ties to mobsters. Went on a trip to alaska 1923. Until whistleblowers found out and it turned into a huge scandal. First high ranking american official that ended up in jail until nixon. African american community during the age of lynching.
