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Prohibition in the 1920s and 1930s

Prohibition in the 1920s and 1930s. By Tristan, Amaan, Freyja. What was the prohibition?.

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Prohibition in the 1920s and 1930s

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  1. Prohibition in the 1920s and 1930s By Tristan, Amaan, Freyja

  2. What was the prohibition? Prohibition in the United States was a nationwide constitutional ban on the production, importation and transportation on alcoholic beverages from 1920 to 1933. Prohibition supporters called “drys” presented it as a victory for public morals and health.

  3. What lead to it? Prohibition was a nationwide ban on the sales and importation of alcoholic beverages. Protestentants, progressives, women of all spearheaded the drive to the institute. This led directly to organized crime.

  4. Purpose. This was an experiment to decrease the crime rate and solve the social problems. Prohibition reduced the tax burden that was created by the prisoners and the poor people. The standard of healthcare and hygiene. Before this experiment there were multiple attempts of trying to ban alcohol but they had failed. On October 28th 1919 there was an amendment which was called the Volstead Act that enforced prohibition among the United States.

  5. Bootleggers. Bootlegging is an illegal business that imports alcohol into countries that prohibit. This is also known as rum running. The bootleggers would smuggle the alcohol across the Canadian and Mexican borders. They would also smuggle it on boats and they would call it medical whiskey.Many gangsters smuggled lots of alcohol to country's to make a lot of money off the people that wanted to buy liquor. This is what Al- Capone was famous for. Bootleggers had to come up with very creative ways to smuggle it into countries without the officers finding out. In the 1920s alcohol was banned for manufacture, transportation, importation, and sale of it, so it was worth a lot.

  6. Gangsters-Al Capone. When prohibition went into effect gangsters rose to this effect and profited huge off of it. Including Al capone. Al capone was bootlegging liquor to U.S which made him millions of dollars by selling it to people who wanted liquor, but couldn't get it. During this time alcohol was so hard to get so it was worth so much and that's why he made so much. Al capone was finally brought to justice in 1931 for his income tax evasion and went to jail for 6 ½ years and then died in 1947.

  7. Speakeasies. A speakeasies is also known for being called, Blind Pig or Blind Tiger, this is an establishment that sells alcoholic beverages to people who want to buy alcohol. People who wanted to drink had to buy liquor through licensed druggists for “medical purposes” or legal sellers known as the bootleggers. Another option was to enter private, unlicensed barron's which are the speakeasies. The already popular jazz music and the dances it inspired the speakeasies and clubs to fit into the eras raucous, party mood. With thousands of underground clubs and the prevalence of jazz bands liquor-infused partying increased in the 20s due to the speakeasies. Al capone made millions off these clubs and selling alcohol.

  8. Legality Its a legal prevention of the factorizacion , sale and transportation of alcohol in the 1920s to the 1933 under the term of eighteenth amendment.

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