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PROHIBITION

PROHIBITION. AMERICA GOES DRY. Why did Prohibition get such a following?. Temperance Movement Progressive Era World War I. Alcohol Banned. 18 th Amendment Volstead Act Prohibition was nicknamed the Noble Experiment. How do you think Americans responded?. A nation of lawbreakers???.

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PROHIBITION

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  1. PROHIBITION AMERICA GOES DRY

  2. Why did Prohibition get such a following? • Temperance Movement • Progressive Era • World War I

  3. Alcohol Banned • 18th Amendment • Volstead Act • Prohibition was nicknamed the Noble Experiment

  4. How do you think Americans responded?

  5. A nation of lawbreakers??? • Many Americans ignored prohibition • Speakeasies became very popular, especially in cities

  6. Effects of Prohibition • Bootlegging • The rise of organized crime • Al Capone • Eliot Ness & the Untouchables

  7. Al Capone

  8. Eliot Ness

  9. How did prohibition end? • 21st Amendment in 1933

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