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The Prohibition

The Prohibition. By A. G. Londono M. R. Bernabe J. A. Arus. What Was the prohibition?. Prohibition ratified by the 18th amendment on January 16, 1920 . It prohibited manufacturing , importing, exporting, transporting, buying or selling of alcohol. . Why Was It Passed?.

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The Prohibition

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  1. The Prohibition By A. G. Londono M. R. Bernabe J. A. Arus

  2. What Was the prohibition? • Prohibition ratified by the 18th amendment on January 16, 1920. • It prohibited manufacturing, importing, exporting, transporting, buying or selling of alcohol.

  3. Why Was It Passed? • Passed in order to improve economy, and put an end to alcoholism, as well as: • decrease crime, poverty, and death rate • Improve quality of life and strengthen society after WW1 devastation.

  4. Social Effects • Following the prohibition came an explosion of crime: • Homicide went from 5.6 (per 100,000 population) in the pre-prohibition period, to nearly 10 (per 100,000 population). • Assault, and battery, increased nearly 13 percent. • A new criminal activity: bootlegging was born

  5. End of the Prohibition • Due to the grandiose augmentation of crime and alcohol consumption, the Prohibition was forced to come to an end. • In the year 1933 the 21st Amendment was passed • With the help of President F.D. Roosevelt, the Prohibition was no longer a federal law.

  6. Social Effects 2 • The prohibition saw the dominance of organized crime. • Famous gangsters such as Al Capone profited from bootlegging. • Bootlegging- The illegal production of alcoholic beverages. • Chicago was the center of operations for most of these organized crime syndicates

  7. On a Literary Note • In the book “The Great Gatsby”, Jay Gatsby and Nick Wolfsheim are both profitable bootleggers.

  8. Sources • 1. Behr, Edward. Prohibition: Thirteen Years That Changed America. New York: Arcade Publishing, 1996.2. Bowen, Ezra, ed. This Fabulous Century. 6 vols. New York: Time Life Books, 1969.3. LaGuardia, Fiorella H. “American Prohibition in the 1920s.” 1926. Online. Netscape. 23 April 1998.4. McWilliams, Peter. “Prohibition: A Lesson in the Futility (and Danger) of Prohibiting.” Online. Netscape. 23 April 1998.5. Thorton, Mark. “Policy Analysis: Alcohol Prohibition Was a Failure.” July 17, 1991. Online. Netscape. 23 April 1998.6. Wenburn, Neil. The USA: A Chronicle of Pictures. New York: Smithmark Publishers Inc., 1991.

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