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Prohibition
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a detailed MIndmap on Prohibition in the 1920's
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Prohibition
Why was it introduced?
It was a religious movement
Women's Christian Temperance Union and Anti Saloon League had good campaigns
Caused poverty, crime and broke up marriages
Already existed in some states
Industrialists supported it and it got politicians votes
rural people supported it
It limited progress
Drinking caused people turning up to work in an unfit state
When was it introduced?
In 1917, the movement had enough states on its side to propose the 18th Amendment to the constitution.
This prohibited the manufacture, sale or transportation of intoxicating liquors
It became law in 1920 and it is known as the Volstead Act
What were the effects?
Organised crime and corruption
Gangsters such as Al Capone
It encouraged ordinary people to break the law
'Speakeasies'
These were illegal bars/pubs.
There were on average 250,000 in America
'Moonshine'
Homemade illegal alcohol
Impossible to stop
Caused death
'Bootleggers'
People who smuggled alcohol from the West Indies and Canada
Smuggling couldn't be prevented, the coastline was impossible to seal
McCoy smuggled 70 million dollars worth of Whiskey
Definition: the term used to refer to the ban of alcohol in the U.S,A
Failure of prohibition
There was a lack of popular support
Most americans did not agree with it
Ordinary people were prepared to break the law in order to consume alcohol
The law wasn't well enforced
Only 4,000 agents were employed to cover the entire U.S.A
Gangsters controlled the trade through violence
Many judges and police were bribed by gangsters such as Al Capone, Bugs Moran and Lucky Luciano
Nearly 1 in 10 agents were sacked for taking bribes
Bootleggers continued to supply alcohol
When it ended...
It ended in December 1933
President Franklin D. Roosevelt repealed the 18th Amendment
The crime accociated with prohibition was slowly bought under control
The only crime the FBI could hang on Al Capone Tax Evasion, for which he began a prison sentence in 1932
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