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Prohibition 1920-1933

Prohibition 1920-1933. By : Angel Vera Blake McKillip Elizabeth Turner Grant Weagly. Why?. 19 th Century Temperance Movements Stop Damaging Family Life Anti-Saloon League and Women’s Christian Temperance, located in rural areas

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Prohibition 1920-1933

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  1. Prohibition1920-1933 By : Angel Vera Blake McKillip Elizabeth Turner Grant Weagly

  2. Why? • 19th Century Temperance Movements • Stop Damaging Family Life • Anti-Saloon League and Women’s Christian Temperance, located in rural areas • State Governments, Industrialists, and Politicians backed it.

  3. Why? (Continued) • In 1916, 21 State Gov. banned alcohol • “Dries” • Drinkers are said to be “Unpatriotic” • 18th Amendment- 1920 “Volstead Act”

  4. Enforcement • Volstead Act • Information Campaigns • Prohibition Agents • Isadore Einstein and Moe Smith

  5. IsaDore (Izzy) Einstein and Moe Smith • United States Federal Police Officers • Most successful • Best known for closing down illegal speakeasies and disguises • Arrested 4,932, 95% were convicted • Fired in 1925

  6. Izzy and Moe

  7. Problems With Prohibition • Underfinanced • Bootleggers • By 1925 there were more speakeasies than saloons in 1919 • Moonshiners • Booze by sea- The Real McCoy

  8. Corruption • Law Enforcers • Bribery • 1 in 12 Law Enforcers were fired.

  9. Gangsters • The vision of prohibition was Gangsters • Made 2 billion by selling illegal alcohol • Gangsters come from important backgrounds • Main Gangs were Jewish, Polish, Irish, or Italian. • Gangs fought with each other to control liquor trade and prohibition.

  10. Gangsters (continued) • In Chicago, around 130 gang murders happened in the years of 1926-1927. No one was arrested. • Although Gangsters were scattered across the U.S., most were in Chicago.

  11. George Remus • Is a Bootlegger who did well in Trade • Had a huge networks of paid officials • Remus used these officials to help drop charges

  12. Al Capone • Is a Gangster from Chicago • Was a popular figure in the city • Was supported by a ruthless gang • 2 of his men killed for plotting to overthrow him • Destroyed power of other gangs.

  13. Al Capone

  14. End of Prohibition • St. Valentine’s Day Massacre • ‘The Nobel Experiment’ failed • Wall Street Crash • Franklin D. Roosevelt elected in 1932 • Prohibition ended in December of 1933

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