PROHIBITION

PROHIBITION

• The 18th amendment
• Made alcohol illegal

PROHIBITION

• Led to initial decrease in the amount of liquor cosumed
• Was difficult to enforce
• More heavily enforced in small towns than urban areas
• Those who were determined could still find liquor

PROHIBITION

PROHIBITION

PROHIBITION

• Led to initial decrease in the amount of liquor cosumed
• Was difficult to enforce
• More heavily enforced in small towns than urban areas
• Those who were determined could still find liquor

PROHIBITION

PROHIBITION

• Bootlegging, speakeasies, and moonshine production continued
• Bootlegging is illegal production and selling of alcohol
• Speakeasies are stores and clubs that sell alcohol
• Moonshine is homemade alcohol

PROHIBITION

• Led to a rise in criminal activity associated with bootlegging
• Ex. Al Capone the Chicago gang leader
• This led to an increase in gang violence
• Ex. St. Valentine's Day massacre

PROHIBITION

• Bootlegged liquor was more expensive than legal alcohol had been
• This caused the law to have more effect on lower class than upper
• All the consequences led to support for the law being lost
• The Great Depression meant that jobs created by legalizing alcohol had appeal
• FDR ran on a platform supporting repeal of prohibition, he won, it was repealed