PPT-Gangsters and Prohibition

1920s Write the main idea of each slide Prohibition The Prohibition era lasted from 1920 through 1933 and was an attempt to legislate morality It took a Constitutional amendment to enact it and another one to repeal it The attempt to decrease the evils of alcohol actually created more and new types of crime. Reasons for the prohibition are given along with suggestions for establishing or reviewing a policy Recommendations are given for properly wording a facial hair policy and the issue of facial hair on female workers is also addressed Figure 1 short O 1920s economy. By 1924, the economy recovers and there is a lot less discontent in society. Canada enters a period of post-war prosperity. People begin to have money in their pockets again to spend on luxuries . The Jazz Age, The Harlem Renaissance and a Booming Economy. America after WWI . With American blood spilled, according to most Americans, at the fault of Europe, Americans focused their interests inward.. Society of the 1920s. Prohibition. 18. th. Amendment/ Volstead Act. Ban on sale, manufacture, or transportation of alcohol. 1920-1933. 21. st. Amendment ended Prohibition. Prohibition. Volstead act prohibited sale of alcohol. By: Brock Wilson & Jesse Olmstead. A Little History On Prohibition. Prohibition was largely a struggle between ethnic groups.. In Illinois, for example, “fifty three per of state’s residents were either foreign born or the children of foreign born parents…” (Buenker 363).. Prohibition started in late 1919. Prohibition was started by groups against alcohol, including, The Anti-Saloon League and Women’s Christian Temperance Union. These groups made song stories magazines and newspapers to advertise their cause.. Wets vs. . Drys. Origins. Although the Temperance movement had been around for decades, it gained increased traction during WWI.. Rationing of grains (corn, wheat, barley) used to make alcohol. A “Women’s Issue”. Benjamin Franklin once said, “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” . Shane. Waller. Roe v. Wade. Roe v. Wade was a controversial Supreme Court case in 1973. It ruled that laws banning abortion were unconstitutional. Since then, many laws and regulations have been passed to prohibit the access to abortion. Anti abortion forces have steadily reduced the scope of abortion rights. . Suffrage and Prohibition. Intertwined Progressive Amendments to the Constitution. May, 2013. Interconnected Reform Groups. Abolitionists. Suffragettes. Prohibitions. Interrelated groups;. Suffrage and Prohibition learned about social reform from the Abolitionists, then fed off the energy of one another. John Lyons. Prohibition. The ratification of the 18. th. amendment began the era known as Prohibition.. However, the Prohibition movement began in the 1820’s-1830’s when religious revivalism was calling for temperance.. Chris Perez, Alex Polidoro, Peter McFarren. Key Players. Theodore Roosevelt. Woodrow Wilson. Florence Kelly. Frances Willard. Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt . Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States. By Tyler sweet and Catherine jock. Bonnie and . C. lyde . Bonnie and Clyde were a very dangerous couple.. They were known for many killings and bank robberies. They preferred small gas station robberies were they could get away with it, without being seen doing any harm . Definition. the prevention by law of the manufacture and sale of . alcohol in . the US between 1920 and 1933.. Beginning Ideas of Prohibition. Women’s Christian Temperance Union. Fought for Prohibition. PROHIBITION IN PRACTICE. ENFORCING THE NEW PROHIBITION LAW PROVED TO BE VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE, AS MAKING, TRANSPORTING, AND SELLING ALCOHOL WAS ILLEGAL, BUT DRINKING IT WAS NOT.. PROHIBITION GAVE RISE TO HUGE SMUGGLING OPERATIONS, AS ALCOHOL SLIPPED INTO THE COUNTRY THROUGH STATES LIKE MICHIGAN ON THE CANADIAN BORDER..