Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Acrostic Poem

Concept: 

P is for Prohibition, which was the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution. 
R is for the Roaring Twenties and the modernization that came with it.
O is for the outlaws that "hooched."
Helping smuggling booze could land you in jail.
If a girl rejected a guy, she would close the bank.
B is for the Bolshevik Revolution - Lenin takes over the Russians.
I is for the Italian Anarchists, Sacco and Vanzetti.
T is for the "Two Americas," old and new.
I is for the Immigration Act of 1924.
O is for the Old Americans who were more uptight and conservative than the New Americans.
N is for the New Americans who were more rebellious. 

Opposing Concept:

R is for the Red Scare.
O is for the opposition toward quotas that disappeared.
Applesauce!
R is for revolutionary fashion where dresses showed gams.
Immigration Restrictions.
N is for your nice clothes, a.k.a. your glad rags.
G is for giggle water (alcohol), which became prohibited.
T is for throw up, or in other words, upchuck.
W is for your wedding ring, a.ka. handcuff.
Everybody had a good time.
Nothing good happened when you hit on some guy's moll.
The leader is the "Big Cheese."
It wasn't cool if you got gyped.
Espionage and Sedition Acts were declared constitutional by the Supreme Court.
Speakeasy! Shhh! Speak easy 'bout it.