Prohibition

Prohibition

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  Prohibition “ VolsteadAct” 1920-1933 (Temperance)
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  18 th amendment No person shall sell, barter, transport, import, export, deliver, furnish or possess any intoxicating liquor except as authorized by this act. Exceptions: - “near” beer (.05%) Industrial alcohol - Patent medicines Sacramental wine - Flavoring extracts Toilet preparations - Vinegar Syrups - Dr. prescriptions Cider ( no more than 1 pint/10 days)
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  Impacts of ProhibitionMOONSHINE: homemade alcohol BOOTLEGGING: selling illegal / homemade alcohol SPEAKEASY: a bar that sells homemade / illegal alcohol
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  Why support the18 th ? Regulate people’s behavior by force Better health Increased morality (and religiousness ) Solve problems of delinquency Solve problems of poverty , prostitution , political corruptness
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  Anti-Saloon League (ASL)& Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) “… an army of the Lord to wipe away the curse of drink." “ Now an era of clear thinking and clean living!” "Come in and take a drop. The first drop led to other drops. He dropped his position; he dropped his respectability; he dropped his fortune; he dropped his friends; he dropped finally all prospects in this life, and his hopes for eternity; and then came the last drop on the gallows. BEWARE OF THE FIRST DROP.”
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  A Child’s Promise:I promise not to buy, sell, or give Alcoholic liquors while I live; From all tobacco I'll abstain And never take God's name in vain.
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  Outcomes of the18th Who benefited? (2) Politicians – got $ votes for looking other way… Bootleggers (Gangsters/Club Owners) – owned clubs, $$$$$$
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  Outcomes of the18th Who suffered? (3) Politicians – lost $1/2 billion in taxes & respect Immigrants - blamed, lost culture, jailed Bar Owners/Alcohol makers - lost jobs
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  Created disrespect for the law Eroded respect for religion Created organized crime Corrupted law enforcement , courts , & politics Overburdened police Harmed people financially , emotionally , morally - lost jobs (profession became a crime ) The Effects of the 18th…
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  Harmed physicallyUnsafe alcohol – blindness , kidney/liver/brain damage Attacks by mob, police Changed drinking habits of the country Public drinking now common Women drinking Hard liquors more popular Increased cigarette smoking
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  1922: 5,000Saloons 1927: 30,000 Speakeasies CA grape growers produced a grape juice product. It’s literature carefully instructed buyers what not to do, because, if they did those things, they would have wine in sixty days. The demand for grape juice grew dramatically.
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  Owen Standy (DemocraticSenator) “ My country ‘tis of thee, Land of grape juice and tea, Of thee I sing, Land where we all have tried, To break the laws and lied! From every mountain side, The bootlegs spring.”
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  Franklin P. Adams( The New York World – Feb. 1931 ) Prohibition is an awful flop, We like it. It can’t stop what it’s meant to stop, We like it. It’s left a trail of graft and slime, It don’t prohibit worth a dime. It’s filled our land with vice and crime, Nevertheless, we’re for it.
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  Herbert Hoover (President1929 – 1932) “ Prohibition is a great social and economic experiment — noble in motive and far-reaching in purpose.”
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  Andrew J. Volstead(U.S. Senator) “ They can never repeal it.”
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  In 1933, the 21 st amendment was passed. It repealed the 18 th . This has been the only amendment in U.S. History to be repealed.
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