THE PROHIBITION ERA DONALD KLEIN AND RANDY RAMOS

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THE 18TH AMENDMENT

It was approved by a 36th state on January 16th 1919 and it took effect 1 year later.

It was entirely repealed in December of 1933

Before the amendment was passed almost 65% of the country had already banned the sale of alcohol.

During the prohibition period religious and medical uses of alcohol were permitted.

It was still sold over the counter in pharmacies.

Alcohol consumption was still cut in half during prohibition and remained below pre-prohibition levels until the 1940s.

Law enforcement struggled to enforce the new law because many people were making their own alcohol or importing it.

A captured moonshine still

The prohibition era is still criticized for the unintentional boost in urban organized crime today.

Bootlegging is the illegal production and sale of liquor.

Speakeasies are spots where alcohol is sold or consumed illegally.

Bathtub gin is a poorly homemade gin served in tall bottles filled in bathtubs.

Its also used as a general term for cheap booze.

Dry is a term for the supporters of prohibition.

Wet is a term for people against prohibition.

When the Great Depression started in 1929 the government lost needed tax revenue from alcohol.

By 1932 the Great Depression was a big motivation for repealing the amendment to create a new job industry for workers. A reopened

brewery

After the repeal of the prohibition act many states continued on as dry states.

Mississippi was the last state to repeal in 1966.

WORK CITED

http://www.ibiblio.org/moonshine/sell/prohibition.html

http://www.history.com/topics/prohibition

http://mentalfloss.com/article/54076/15-fun-phrases-were-popularized-during-prohibition

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition

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