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By:By: Crystal Collins Crystal Collins
Julia DallasJulia Dallas
Objectives• How Prohibition
began• Prohibition in
America• How Prohibition effected American
Citizens• The end of
Prohibition
1818thth Amendment Amendment• Was ratified on
January 29, 1919• The 18th Amendment
prohibited: ManufactureManufacture SaleSale TransportTransport ImportImport ExportExport of alcohol in the
United States!
Noble Experiment• Prohibition was known
as “The Noble Experiment”
• Many Government officials believed that the result of prohibition would stop:
Crime and Crime and CorruptionCorruption
Cut down on AbuseCut down on Abuse Car AccidentsCar Accidents
Dumping Alcohol into the
sewer.
President HardingPresident Harding• One of the presidents
during Prohibition
•FUN FACT!FUN FACT!• Kept bottles of
alcohol stashed in the White House for himself to drink during Prohibition.
Medical Value• Alcohol was legal
when it was being used for medical purposes
• Many patients took advantage of prescriptions, and used them as a source of alcohol instead of a cure for sickness.
• Alcohol was also used for religious beliefs.
Organized Organized CrimeCrime
• Organized Crime flourished in almost every major city.
• Gangsters like Al Capone ruled Chicago • More and more people drank illegally. • By the mid-1920’s, 19% of all Americans
supported Prohibition
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Home Brewing• Illegal home brewing
was popular during Prohibition
• Wine and beer were often made in peoples bathrooms called “bathtub ginbathtub gin”.
• Bootleggers were people who smuggled liquor from Canada and Cuba into America.
SaloonsSaloons• To obtain liquor
illegally, drinkers went underground to hidden saloons and nightclubs known as “speakeasiesspeakeasies”
Anti-Saloon LeagueAnti-Saloon League
• The prohibition movement's strength grew, especially after the Anti-Saloon League in 1893.
• The Anti-Saloon League was considered “an army of the Lord to wipe away the curse of drink.”
TTeemmppeerraannccee UUnniioonn• Women’s Christian
Temperance Union was founded in 1873
• Supported the Prohibition• One of its methods to
achieve Prohibition was education.
• It was believed that if it could "get to the children" it could create a dry feeling for drinking, and lead to prohibition.
RepealingRepealing• In 1933, the
legislatures of the states ratified the 21st Amendment, which repealed the 18th Amendment
ConclusionConclusion• Prohibition died off
because it was unenforceable.
• Alcohol was no longer illegal =]
THE THE END END ! !