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The Era of Prohibition

The Era of Prohibition. “ The Noble Experiment ”. Prohibition. The act of forbidding something by law As referred to as, “The Noble Experiment”: President Herbert Hoover's 1928 description of Prohibition as "a great social and economic experiment, noble in motive and far-reaching in purpose"

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The Era of Prohibition

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  1. The Era of Prohibition

    “The Noble Experiment”
  2. Prohibition The act of forbidding something by law As referred to as, “The Noble Experiment”: President Herbert Hoover's 1928 description of Prohibition as "a great social and economic experiment, noble in motive and far-reaching in purpose" It is unfortunate for the nation that Prohibition ended up the way it did
  3. Possibly Problems with Prohibition?... Alcohol is Americans 5th largest industry Loss in money (taxes) Loss of jobs Universal agreement? Leads to unregulated conditions
  4. The history of temperance reform In order to understand prohibition you have to understand temperance Many different Temperance organizations were formed during the late 1800’s early 1900’s.
  5. The history of temperance reform con’t
  6. 18th Amendment Proposed in 1917 and ratified in 1919 Went into effect at midnight January 16, 1920 Banned “the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof.” “The reign of tears is over. The slums will soon be only a memory. We will turn our prisons into factories and our jails into storehouses. Men will walk upright now. Women will smile and children will laugh.” -Billy Sunday
  7. Volstead Act The federal law established to enforce Prohibition
  8. History of the Temperance Movement http://www.history.com/topics/prohibition/videos#america-goes-dry-with-prohibition We will watch the clip as a class and when we are done take some notes below Notes…
  9. Prohibition Timeline To get a better understanding of the events that led to Prohibition and the Volstead Act, check out the timeline here and list some of the more important events here: http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/prohibition/prohibition-nationwide/timeline/
  10. After WWI, hatred for all things German, especially alcoholic Milwaukee and St. Louis breweries, etc. Brewers were "the worst of all our German enemies;” beer was "Kaiser brew." Breweries were “owned in part by alien enemies.” Major breweries made it through Prohibition by making products like: Ice cream, Cheese, Malt syrup, Near beer, Root beer, Yeast Breweries under siege during WWI!
  11. Lost of Jobs
  12. New sources of liquor Liquor was flowing illegally into the country from abroad
  13. Moonshine
  14. Speakeasies http://www.history.com/topics/prohibition/videos#cities-of-the-underworld-3-mob-green-mill Notes…
  15. Organized Crime and Corruption Illegal liquor = great criminal empires Al Capone (Chicago):
  16. Atlantic City “The World’s Playground” http://www.nj.com/insidejersey/index.ssf/2010/02/boardwalk_empire_corruption_an.html http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/steve_buscemi_as_nucky_thompson_35Eo58rVrOqfO77Jp9787O http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/blogs/boardwalk_empire/article_4277415c-a815-11df-be3f-001cc4c002e0.html
  17. Homicide rate
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