Prohibition
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- Created on: 19-02-17 14:20
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- Prohibition
- Prohibition was a nationwide ban on the production, importation and transportation of alcohol from 1919 (Volstead Act) to 1933
- Why was Prohibition introduced?
- People believed that men wasted money on alcohol and neglected their wives and children
- Many Christians linked alcohol to sin, such as gambling.
- In 1873, the Women's Christian Temperance Union was founded and called for a ban on alcohol
- Impacts of Prohibition
- Gangsters became rich and powerful through bribery and violence and distribution of alcohol
- Police Officers and Politicians took bribes to ignore the trade in alcohol
- Bootleggers smuggled alcohol from Canada to the US
- The number of alcohol related crimes increased during prohibition
- Secret bars called Speakeasies were set up by Gangsters to illegally sell alcohol
- Alcohol consumption was sometimes associated with immigrant communities by WASP's, leading to increased predjudice
- Gangsters became rich and powerful through bribery and violence and distribution of alcohol
- Why did Prohibition fail?
- There were very few prohibition officers so little alcohol was destroyed
- It was very difficult to enforce, in 1929 40,000 people were in jail for prohibition offences and 1,360 people had been killed when officers attempted to enforce the law
- Alcohol was too popular, people would find a way of getting hold of it
- There were very few prohibition officers so little alcohol was destroyed
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