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Prohibition

Prohibition. Richard Allen T. R. Proctor High School – Utica N.Y. rallen@uticaschools.org. What is a social problem? •“A social problem is a condition that some people in a community view as being undesirable.”. The Steps in Public Policy Analysis Define the Problem Gather Evidence

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Prohibition

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  1. Prohibition Richard Allen T. R. Proctor High School – Utica N.Y. rallen@uticaschools.org

  2. What is a social problem? •“A social problem is a condition that some people in a community view as being undesirable.”

  3. The Steps in Public Policy Analysis • Define the Problem • Gather Evidence • Identify Causes • Evaluate the Policies

  4. American History Public Policy Analyst As public policy analysts you will use the AHPPA to identify the social problem and complete the question.

  5. List on your own paper a lists of reasons to ban drinking Carry Nation: campaigned for prohibition

  6. What social problem do you think led to the Prohibition? •In one or two sentences, state the nature of the social problem. Defining the Social Problem

  7. 1919 – 18th Amendment passed in Jan 1919 “illegal to manufacture, sell and transport alcoholic beverages” Volstead Act Oct 1919

  8. Bootlegging • Speakeasy

  9. On your won paper list several reasons for the Growth in Organized Crime

  10. Reasons to end prohibition: • economic – return workers to liquor industry • tax revenues • laws that most don’t want don’t work Passed the 21st amendment Repealed the 18th • ratified 1933

  11. Did the solution to the social problem create unintended problems? •In one or two sentences, state the nature of the social problem.

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