1920s: Prohibition Notes
A Quick Review
The Temperance Movement worked to ban alcohol
Carrie Nation was one of the leaders of the temperance movement and was known
for taking a hatchet to saloons (bars)
Prohibition was imposed by a constitutional amendment (18th amendment) that
made it illegal to manufacture, transport, and sell alcoholic beverages.
Prohibition
The Volstead Act actually put Prohibition in place
The act defined what alcohol was and made sure there was enough for research
and creating fuel and dye.
Prohibition can be used to describe the law that banned alcohol OR the period in US
History when alcohol was illegal
The Results of Prohibition
Speakeasies were created as places for people to drink alcoholic beverages.
Bootleggers smuggled illegal alcohol and promoted organized crime
This was the beginning of the “American Gangster”
Al Capone was the most famous gangster
Prohibition was repealed in 1933 with the passage of the 21st amendment.