Prohibition
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- Created on: 28-04-13 13:40
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- Prohibition
- Why Introduced?
- Claimed alcohol led to violence, immoral behaviour, breakdown of family life
- Growth of temperance movement
- Members agreed not to drink alcohol and campaigned to get others to give up alcohol
- Main movements: Anti - Saloon League and Women's Christian Temperance Union
- So strong in some rural areas persuaded their state gov to prohibit sale of alchol within state
- Became known as 'dries'
- WW1: most breweries run by German immigrants - portrayed as enemies. Jan 1920 Volstead Act
- Why Didnt Prohibition Work?
- Bootleggers: sold on redistilled industrial alcohol
- Speakeasies: illegal drinking clubs with secret passwords at the door
- Moonshine: made thier own liquour - st home in illegal 'stills' deadly, cause serious posioning/ blindness
- Hijackers: stole smuggled alcohol
- Rum - runners: smuggled alcohol from Europe, west indies, canada and mexico
- Organised crime and corruption
- Criminal gangs - activity and power increased
- Rival gangs fought each other to supply speak easies, hijacking and murdering the opposition
- Police bribed to turn a blind eye
- Corruption: a lot of bribes, gov people involved
- Chicago: gang warfare led to 1300 murders - Al Capone gang leader
- Worked for Johnny Torrio (Chicago gangster)
- Torrio assassinated, taking over him in 1925
- Capone making $60m a year from alcohol, £45m gambling, dance halls and race tracks
- Torrio assassinated, taking over him in 1925
- Used provate army to intimidate voters and fight rival gangs
- 1929 7 members of rival gang machine - gunned in St Valentines Day Massacre
- using false police car and 2 gangsters in police uniform
- Capone sentenced 11 years tax evasion 1931, poor health, retired Florida died 1947
- using false police car and 2 gangsters in police uniform
- 1929 7 members of rival gang machine - gunned in St Valentines Day Massacre
- Worked for Johnny Torrio (Chicago gangster)
- Prohibition Ended 1933
- Seen as cause of violence
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- Public demand ofr alcohol
- GD - legalising alcohol - jobs, prosperity, raise tex revenue to gov
- Seen as cause of violence
- Why Introduced?
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