Underground Pipeline to Canada

background information

Bootlegging started in response to the establishment of the Eighteenth amendment which banned the manufacture, transportation, importation, and exhange of liquor in the United States. The eightteenth amendment (prohibition) meant that America could no longer legally buy or drink alcohol. The people who illegally made, imported, or sold alcohol during this time were known as bootleggers. Bootleggers used the river and land between the US and Canada to import alcohol.

How this connects to Gatsby

It was rumored and then confirmed that Gatsby was participating in bootlegging. Due to his amassed wealth, people were skeptical as to how he became so wealthy. During the 1920's men who quickly got rich were suspected of doing illegal things. Since Gatsby is considered “new money”, it would make sense that he participated in something that would allow him to quickly get rich.

connection to the american dream in 1925

The American Dream is being able to do what you enjoy doing, to strive to be the very best at what you can do and balance your work life with your social and family life and find the peace within yourself. During the 1920's, the American Dream was associated with mostly money and a luxurious life.

The illegal manufacturing and sale of liquor was known as bootlegging, which is what Gatsby claimed his money in. Bootlegging became a popular way to make money in the 1920s when alcohol was illegal. Professional bootleggers could make $4 billion though their line of work. Because of Bootlegging being the way Gatsby made his money, he was able to gain his means of luxuary such as cars, boats and his mansion through the money made from bootlegging.

connection to the american dream in 2018

The American Dream has changed a bit

since 1925. Now, it consits of getting a higher education and there are more rights and oppertunities than ever. The "Dream" would consist of what we think of as the norm: going to college, being succesful, owning a house, and raising a family. But that is for people who already live in America. People who don't live in this country see their dream as just simply getting a green card, being able to move here, and live a better life.

Little do we know bootleging actually made a big impact on todays society. It contributed to women's equality, the evolution of orgnized crime, and the drug policy.

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