Prohibition (18th Amendment) Outlaws the sale, manufacture and transportation of intoxicating beverages
Introduction to Prohibition Things we should know- What was Prohibition? Definition of Temperance, Morality, & Pious Can and should the government institute morality into our society? How did prohibition bring out organized crime?
Road to Prohibition
I. 18th Amendment; ratified 1919, took effect Jan. of 1920 II. Where and why did it begin? A. Middle America – Bible Belt B. Pious Movement C. Moral (Morality) Crusade Evils of Alcohol
III. Prohibition Organizations A. Women’s Christian Temperance Movement What is Temperance Carrie Nation – Molly Hatchet
Carrie Nation
III. Prohibition Organizations cont. B. Anti-Saloon League Wyanne Wheeler Movement became more powerful politically C. Impact of WWI
IV. Who approved it? Every state except for Connecticut, Rhode Island and New Jersey US became “Dry” in January 1920
V. Volstead Act Defines what is illegal and outlines the enforcement of Prohibition Exceptions to the rule For example Church or medicine
VI. The Enforcers – Prohibition Bureau Prohibition Agents
VIII. Road to Repealing Prohibition A. Corruption in the Prohibition Bureau B. Organized Crime “Speakeasies” Gangsters owned speakeasies and by 1925 there were over 100,000 speakeasies in New York City alone. C. Rum Runners D. Drys vs. Wets
Elliot Ness, part of the Untouchables PROHIBITION Al Capone Elliot Ness, part of the Untouchables Chicago gangster during Prohibition who controlled the “bootlegging” industry. Agent with the U.S. Treasury Department's Prohibition Bureau during a time when bootlegging was rampant throughout the nation. Detroit police inspecting equipment found in a hidden underground brewery during the prohibition era.
End of Prohibition VIII. 21st Amendment- 1933 Repeal of 18th Amendment