The 1920s were a time of rebirth for the country. They successfully ended World War I and rapid changes began to emerge for businesses and citizens in an effort to improve their lifestyles. The old ways prevalent in America were changing and people were trying to change their regular customs. However, despite the success of the time, many began to blame their problems and hardships such as crime, death, and poverty, on alcohol and the immigrants who came to America to make a better life. Many cultural conflicts emerged including Prohibition, the KKK, nativism, the Harlem Renaissance, and bootlegging, which altered conditions in the country and led to various positive and negative outcomes. Alcohol became more and more popular as the years went by. People used it as an escape from reality and for recreational purposes. Eventually, it began to cause problems for many families and businesses. Women who passionately opposed the use of alcohol formed the Temperance Movement. They believed that alcohol caused evils in societies such as crime, murder, and fraud. Men spent hours in saloons wasting all the money they earned on the job on alcohol. Therefore, women began to blame alcohol for their failed marriages and family relationships. Instead of spending the money they earned on family, food, and education, husbands wasted it on German-made alcohol. At that time, Germany, America's enemy, as a whole was despised by America. Americans were therefore any Germany if they bought beer; it meant they were supporting the enemy's economy. Across the country, people have realized that a change is needed to improve their lifestyle. After much controversy, the legislation passed the 18th Amendment, the ban on alcohol. The Amendments... middle of paper... Nativists weren't the only people who hated foreigners. The newly formed KKK was basically against everything that wasn't. They hated anyone who wasn't Anglo-Saxon. The power of the KKK and nativists has had a major impact on the expansion of diversity in America. Both combined powers prevented different races and cultures from entering the country. Immigrants originally came to fill the vacant jobs of soldiers fighting in the war, but the United Forces believed they had no place on American soil. While the results of the Harlem Renaissance were positive and created a comfortable living experience for African Americans, the results of the actions of the KKK and nativists negatively affected immigrants who aspired to come to America. These cultural conflicts of the 1920s made life easier for some, while making it more difficult for others.