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P P r r o o h h i i b b i i t t i i o o n n By: By: Crystal Collins Crystal Collins Julia Dallas Julia Dallas
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By:By: Crystal Collins Crystal Collins

Julia DallasJulia Dallas

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Objectives• How Prohibition

began• Prohibition in

America• How Prohibition effected American

Citizens• The end of

Prohibition

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1818thth Amendment Amendment• Was ratified on

January 29, 1919• The 18th Amendment

prohibited: ManufactureManufacture SaleSale TransportTransport ImportImport ExportExport of alcohol in the

United States!

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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

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Dumping Alcohol into the

sewer.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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SaloonsSaloons• To obtain liquor

illegally, drinkers went underground to hidden saloons and nightclubs known as “speakeasiesspeakeasies”

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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.”

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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.

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RepealingRepealing• In 1933, the

legislatures of the states ratified the 21st Amendment, which repealed the 18th Amendment

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ConclusionConclusion• Prohibition died off

because it was unenforceable.

• Alcohol was no longer illegal =]

THE THE END END ! !


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