PPT-Prohibition

Society of the 1920s Prohibition 18 th Amendment Volstead Act Ban on sale manufacture or transportation of alcohol 19201933 21 st Amendment ended Prohibition Prohibition Volstead act prohibited sale of alcohol. 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 1920-1933. Passed by the 18. th. Amendment. Growth of criminal organizations. America’s problems blamed on alcohol . Prohibition. 18. th. Amendment – January 17. th. , 1920. Section . 1..  After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all the territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited.. 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. . . UNDER . ATTACK. The Culture Wars . of the 1920s. INTENSIVE REVIEW VERSION. USHC 6.2. Explain the causes and effects of the social change and conflict between traditional and modern culture that took place during the 1920s, including the role of women, the “Red Scare”, the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan, immigration quotas, Prohibition, and the Scopes trial. . 1920’s. Review. The 18. th. Amendment (Prohibition) outlawed the making of, transporting, and the selling of alcohol.. Rise to Power. That led to people buying alcohol illegally.. The people who produced, transported, and sold it were known as “bootleggers”.. 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. read: “the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors...is hereby prohibited”. EFFECTS OF PROHIBITION. Alcohol consumption went down ⅓. Alcohol related deaths declined . Decrease of arrests for drunkenness . “Silent Cal” Becomes President. “The business of America is Business”. Coolidge believed in little government intervention in the economy. Said very little. Silent Cal Gives the People what They Want – laissez-faire!. 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..