Prohibition Goals of prohibition 18th Amendment was mostly ignored
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PROHIBITION
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THE EIGHTEENTH AMENDMENT18TH Amendment
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What was Prohibition?Prohibition: Banning Of Alcohol
18th Amendment: Prohibit Consumption/ Manufacture /Sale /Transportation of Alcohol
Volstead Act: Enforced 18th Amendment
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Why Was Prohibition Introduced?Moral Reasons: Alcohol Bad / Mostly Rural People Prior to 18th Amd. 75% of Americans lived in Dry Counties/Areas
2. Groups: Pushed Gov. to Ban Alcohol Temperance Reformers
3. WW I: Unpatriotic to Drink / Save Wheat for Troops
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Drys & Wets Argued p222DRYS ARGUEDBAN ALCOHOL
Improved individuals Strengthened families Created better Society Stopped diseases
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WETS ARGUEDNot To Ban Alcohol
Did not stop Americans drinking Turned law abiding citizens into criminalsCreated illegal networks Violence Corruption etc..
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In 1920: THINKWhat would You Have been?
Wet Or Dry?For or Against Banning Alcohol? & WHY???
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LOOK-Is this Cartoon For or Against The Banning of Alcohol ? Why?
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LOOK-What is the message of this cartoon?
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What were the effects of Prohibition?1. Speakeasies
2. Moonshine
3. Organised Crime
4. Political Corruption
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SpeakeasiesSecret Saloon Bars
Sold Bootleg Alcohol
Before Prohibition there were 15,000 bars in New York. By 1926 there were 30,000 speakeasies!
Name: Green Mill Secret Password or knock at the door
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MoonshineSpirit made secretly in home made stillsSeveral hundred people a year died from this during the 1920sIn 1929 it is estimated that 700 million gallons of beer were produced in American homes
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BootleggersAlcohol Smugglers: Made thousands of dollars making/selling alcohol
Famous Smuggler: William McCoy Made fortune by bringing alcohol from West Indies & Canada
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Organised CrimeRacketeers/ Gangsters: Owned illegal businesses Owned Speakeasies / Distilleries/
Bribed: Police/ Judges / Politicians
Controlled areas in Cities
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Al Capone: Scar FaceControlled South-Side of Chicago By 1927; Earning $60 million a year from bootlegging
His gang was like a private army. He had 700 men under his control
Responsible for 500 murders
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BUGS MORANControlled North Side of Chicago
Worth A $100 by the time he died
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ST VALENTINES DAY MASSACRE
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ST VALENTINES DAY MASSACREAL-CAPONE V BUGGS MORANBootleg Rivalry
Delivery: Warehouse 2122 N. Clark St.7 Moran Men WaitedAl Capones men arrived dressed as policeMorans men all killed