10. Prohibition A ban on the manufacture, sale, and transportation of liquor anywhere in the United States the “noble experiment” The Eighteenth Amendment was ratified January 17, 1920

11. Why do you think people wanted prohibition in place? Alcohol abuse Violence in the home Women were against it Women took the brunt of the abuse

12. Why did it fail?? People made their own alcohol – Bathtub gin – Moonshine People smuggled it from Canada & Caribbean Bootleggers - smugglers sometimes hid bottles in their boots.

13. Why did it fail?? Speakeasies – illegal bars – Almost made drinking more popular – Created a “counter culture”, or “underground culture” Gangsters became very powerful! Al Capone

14. Please Do Now Write the word “” length-wise on a sheet of paper. Create an acrostic poem for prohibition