Between 1922 and 1929, millions of people were leaving farms and towns each year, populating cities. Life in the city versus that on a small-town greatly differed. People in the city judged one another by their accomplishments more than by their background. Drinking and gambling were also more tolerated in the cities than they were on farms and in small towns. The two cultures continued to butt heads as the Eighteenth Amendment took effect in January of 1920. Known as the era of Prohibition, the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages became illegal. As a result, speakeasies and bootleggers were born.