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Prohibition

Prohibition . January 16, 1920- December 5, 1933. Who Supported Prohibition . Industrialists, like Henry Ford, did not like how alcohol impacted productivity. The Anti-Saloon League and the Women’s Christian Temperance Union.

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Prohibition

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  1. Prohibition

    January 16, 1920- December 5, 1933
  2. Who Supported Prohibition Industrialists, like Henry Ford, did not like how alcohol impacted productivity. The Anti-Saloon League and the Women’s Christian Temperance Union. Women reformers who disliked the link between alcohol and wife beating and child abuse.
  3. Who Opposed Prohibition Brewing Industry-Made the argument that taxes on alcohol were paying for the War. Ethnic Americans-Saw alcohol as crucial to their daily lives, and not as a harmful substance.
  4. Prohibition Becomes the 18th Amendment Supporters of Prohibition succeeded in linking temperance with other social causes. 65% of the U.S. had already banned alcohol. Prohibition became a War Measure: Grain needed to be used for troops, and not alcohol.
  5. Logistics of Prohibition 18th Amendment banned the manufacture and sale of alcohol, but not the possession or consumption of alcohol. Only 2,500 federal agents enforcing Prohibition laws. Enforcement of Prohibition laws was the responsibility of the Internal Revenue Service.
  6. Bad Points of Prohibition Unenforceable Bootleggers, Speakeasies, Moonshine and Rum Runners Made beer at home, or had doctor prescribe medicinal whiskey Corruption and Contempt for Laws and Law enforcement Organized Crime Glamorization of Anti-Prohibition forces
  7. Organized Crime Corruption of law enforcement-even the president’s attorney general, Harry Daughtery, accepted bribes from bootleggers. Al Capone’s organization in Chicago had about half the cities police bribed. Filled the void of alcohol production; Americans wanted alcohol and organized crime supplied.
  8. Glamorization of the Bootlegger Image of the flapper with a hip flask Pop-culture made heroes out of Al Capone and bootleggers. Moonshiners became folk heroes.
  9. Good Points of Prohibition Alcohol consumption did decline by 30-50% Deaths from cirrhosis of the liver declined for men by about a third. At the beginning of Prohibition, alcohol related deaths declined by 80%, and alcohol related crimes went down. These statistics did not last long.
  10. Prohibition Comes to an End U.S. needed (legal) jobs and tax revenue during the Great Depression.
  11. Legacy of Prohibition Breweries slow to reach their former productivity Spawned organized crime, made alcohol more popular and created disrespect for the law.
  12. Questions for Reflection First, let’s share the answers you got for questions 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6. Could Prohibition be enacted today? Why or why not? What would happen if Prohibition was enacted today?
  13. Prohibition Written Reflection Assignment Question: Was Prohibition a success or failure? Why? One page typed; double spaced; 12 point Times New Roman font. Due: This Friday
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