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Period 6

Period 6. Sunday, October 26, 2014. 18 th Amendment-Prohibition. Proposed by Senate- December 18 th , 1917 Ratified- January 16, 1919. Prohibition. Prohibition of alcohol completely forbids the sale, manufacture, transport, or import of alcoholic beverages.

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  1. Period 6 • Sunday, October 26, 2014

  2. 18th Amendment-Prohibition • Proposed by Senate- December 18th, 1917 • Ratified- January 16, 1919

  3. Prohibition Prohibition of alcohol completely forbids the sale, manufacture, transport, or import of alcoholic beverages. http://roadtickle.com/moonshine-history-of-illegal-alcohol/

  4. Story Behind the Amendment The Anti-Saloon league fought for the eighteenth amendment it was an organization that opposed the sale of alcoholic beverages . Problems With Alcohol Use In America • Anti-Saloon League http://antisaloonleague.com/

  5. Story Behind the Amendment Problems With Alcohol Use In America • Temperance Movement The Temperance Movement attempted to discourage people from getting intoxicated. http://coffeeblackandcigarettes.wordpress.com/page/23/

  6. About the Amendment The noble experiment was another name for prohibition back in the day when people wanted beer. • The Noble Experiment http://www.serveresponsible.com/web/index.php?siteid=255&pageid=1091 http://www.joeyredmond.com/blog/?tag=california

  7. About the Amendment • What did the Amendment do? What did It hope to do? Amendment hoped to protect society from poverty and violence associated with alcohol. http://www.antifascistencyclopedia.com/allposts/the-feds-poisoned-alcohol-during-prohibition-and-murdered-at-least-10000-people

  8. Aka National Prohibition Act About the Amendment • Volstead Act http://pdxretro.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/prohibition.jpg http://slys.typepad.com/slysblog/2010/12/celebrate-freedom-from-the-volstead-act-december-5th-at-slys.html

  9. Importance Then • America’s Reaction http://www.corbisimages.com/Enlargement/BE002551.html http://www.corbisimages.com/Enlargement/U595382INP.html

  10. Importance Then • Speakeasies A speakeasy is a establishment that illegally sells alcohol. “Speak Easy” The buildings that held the meetings were made with secret passages to store and hide alcohol. http://www.sfcityguides.org/desc.html?tour=95

  11. Al Capone Importance Then • Impact on Gangsters www.history.com/topics/frank-wilson/photos http://investigation.discovery.com/investigation/mobs-gangsters/top-ten-gangsters-09.html

  12. Importance Then The use of alcohol decreased remarkably during Prohibition. The suicide rate also decreased by 50%. • Alcohol Consumption http://roadtickle.com/moonshine-history-of-illegal-alcohol/ http://blog.forret.com/2007/04/plan-your-alcohol-consumption/

  13. Importance Now • Nascar Racing http://helloartichokeannie.blogspot.com/2010/12/repeal-of-prohibition-and-beginning-of.html http://helloartichokeannie.blogspot.com/2010/12/repeal-of-prohibition-and-beginning-of.html Bootleggers were mens who illegally ran whiskey from hidden places to hundreds of markets in the South east. “Bootlegging and the control of the sale and transport of alcohol by organized crime caused prohibition to be a huge failure.”

  14. Importance Now • Organized Crime http://staff.tamhigh.org/chamberlin/20's%20Online/organizedcrime.htm Al Capone

  15. Importance Now • How important is this amendment in America today? 0/10 It was repealed in the 21st amendment. Prohibition taught America that alcohol is the cause of almost all poverty, crime, violence, and other problems. http://thefreshscent.com/tag/prohibition/

  16. 21st Amendment-Prohibition Repealed • How is this amendment unique? About the Amendment The 21st amendment is unique because it turns over the 18th amendment. No other amendment overturns a pervious amendment except this one. http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://farm1.static.flickr.com/247/457407440_c45ce6821a.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.flickr.com/photos/7426774%40N02/457407440/&usg=__3fb0PXY7GwY7HLjIxmaknGwht0M=&h=500&w=395&sz=78&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=IJq_gIpnCm0eEM:&tbnh=135&tbnw=107&ei=paxnTYX3IsaqlAfv5c2DAg&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dprohibition%2Brepeal%253B%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26sa%3DX%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-US%26biw%3D1003%26bih%3D562%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=778&vpy=203&dur=141&hovh=253&hovw=199&tx=168&ty=123&oei=paxnTYX3IsaqlAfv5c2DAg&page=1&ndsp=15&ved=1t:429,r:9,s:0

  17. Importance Then • Presidential Support Franklin D. Roosevelt on March 22, 1933 signed the Cullen-Harrison act that said you could only sell alcoholic beverages that contain 3.2% alcohol beer and rum. http://www.presidentprofiles.com/Grant-Eisenhower/Roosevelt-Franklin-D.html

  18. Importance Then • Why was the 18th Amendment repealed? A failed social experiment http://www.authentichistory.com/1914-1920/09-fallout/6-prohibition/2-overview/Repeal-License_Plate.html

  19. Importance Now • Impact of Alcohol In American Society http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/AlcoholAbuse.html

  20. Importance Now • How important is this amendment in America today? 10/10 Some states continued to be “dry”. http://www.allaboutaddiction.com/addiction/alcohol-blackouts-brownouts-and-how-they-affect-your-body

  21. Bibliography Works Cited Garcia, Jesus. Creating America. N.p.: Mcdougal Littell, 2002. Print. Lucas, Eileen. The Eighteenth and Twenty-First Amendments. Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow Publishers, Inc., 1998. Print. Philadelphia At Home. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Feb. 2011. <http://philadelphiaathome.com/‌dct/‌54/‌id/‌3459/‌mid/‌2359/‌The-History-of-NASCAR.aspx>. Prohibition. Ohio State University, n.d. Web. 24 Feb. 2011. <http://prohibition.osu.edu/>. “Temperance Movement.” Ohio History Central. Ohio Historical Society, 2011. Web. 10 Feb. 2011. <http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/‌entry.php?rec=560>.

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