In a world of small towns and farms, out in the country, people believed in conservative moral values and close social relationships. To them, they did not need alcohol to socialize. Instead, wealthy well-known families set the social standards for the community. The rural communities strongly believed the passage of the 18th amendment to prohibit alcohol.

The population in the urban communities dramatically increased in the 1920's.  America was becoming a more urban nation. In the early 1920's, migration to the cities accelerated, with at least two million people leaving farms and towns each year. Small-town attitudes began to lose their hold on the collective American mind as the city rose to fame.

For many small-town migrants, adapting to the urban environment demanded changes in thinking as well as everyday living. The city became a world of competition and change. City dwellers took in new ideas at...