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Anti-intoxication Nation

Anti-intoxication Nation. Prohibition in the 1920s. Definition of Prohibition. Prohibition of alcohol is banning the making, movement and sale of alcohol Spanned for as much as 48 years in PEI Quebec never passed prohibition legislation . Canadian Laws on Liquor.

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Anti-intoxication Nation

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  1. Anti-intoxication Nation Prohibition in the 1920s

  2. Definition of Prohibition • Prohibition of alcohol is banning the making, movement and sale of alcohol • Spanned for as much as 48 years in PEI • Quebec never passed prohibition legislation

  3. Canadian Laws on Liquor • Canadian laws on liquor split the responsibilities between the federal and provincial governments • The Federal government controlled: • The manufacturing of alcohol • The importation of alcohol • The exporting of alcohol • Provincial governments controlled: • Drinking age • Sales of alcohol • Consumption of alcohol

  4. Problems with Drunks • Many men would waste their pay checks on alcohol • Drunkenness also led to crime and unsafe driving • Many people felt that the grain used to make alcohol should have been sent to the soldiers in the trenches

  5. The Temperance Movement • The temperance movement arose in the early 20th century • Its aim was to ban alcohol because they thought it was responsible for many of society’s problems • Religious groups and many women who had just received the right to vote formed temperance groups

  6. Aims of Prohibition • Prohibition aimed to: • Lower crime rates • Lessen instances of child and wife abuse • Cause men to become better providers • Assist the war effort

  7. Early Success • Prohibition had a promising start: • Alcohol consumption lowered by 80% • Crime rates decreased • Fewer cases of abuse • Men provided for their families, took less days off work

  8. The Downfall of Dryness • Soon arose: • Moonshine • Bootleggers • Speakeasies/Blind Pigs • Organised crime led to rich criminals and poorer provinces • Lost freedom

  9. Famous Bootleggers: Al Capone • Most famous bootlegger ever • Boss of Chicago Outfit • Seen in Moose Jaw, Sask. from time to time • “I don’t even know what street Canada is on” • Convicted for tax evasion: 11 years in Alcatraz

  10. Famous Bootleggers: Bronfman Brothers • Two Jewish immigrants form Montreal saw opportunity in the U.S. prohibition in 1924 • Smuggled liquor into the U.S. and became rich under the alias “Mr. Norton” • Four years later they owned the largest distillery in the world

  11. Famous Bootleggers: SS I’m Alone • Canadian rum-running ship, built in Britain • Smuggling liquor form Belize to Louisiana • Sank by US Coast Guard, pursued from 321 km

  12. What we learned • We learned that when legislating the prohibition of alcohol, without enormous enforcement, its effectiveness becomes very limited over time. Effectiveness Time

  13. Dry towns in Canada • Govenlock, Saskatchewan, now a ghost town • Old Crow, Yukon is a dry Gwich‘in community on the Porcupine River • The city of Owen Sound, Ontario continued to outlaw liquor well into the 1970s • Steinbach, Manitoba did not allow the sale of liquor within city limits until 2011 • Verdun, Quebec only recently ended a 45-year ban on bars and taverns in the community, in December 2010

  14. Picture Citations • http://www.prairieghosts.com/capone6.jpg (Joel) • http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TFRk-MtsMew/S88DZ_R_DlI/AAAAAAAAAvc/99ETZIb0u_Q/s1600/3c23257v.jpg (Aaren) • http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/magazine/ja10/timeline/history-canada-us-border-smuggling.html (Joel) • http://old-photos.blogspot.ca/2008/09/temperance-movement.html (Aaren) • http://www.gcsehistory.org.uk/modernworld/usa/prohibitionandgangsters.htm (Aaren) • http://pendletonpanther.wordpress.com/2010/05/17/bringing-home-the-bacon/ (Aaren) • http://thegreatjaygatsby.blogspot.ca/2010/05/1920s-gangsters.html (Joel)

  15. Info Citations • Canada: Face of a Nation, Textbook (Aaren and Joel) • http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/magazine/ja10/timeline/history-canada-us-border-smuggling.html (Joel) • http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/prohibition (Aaren) • http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/temperance-movement (Aaren)

  16. FIN

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