PDF-The Roots of Prohibition: Examining the Effort to Prohibit Alcohol in

Proposed Laws Regulating Personal Behavior Roots of Prohibition Video Viewing Guide Tips on Active Listening optional Advocates for and Against Prohibition Deliberations Procedure Video Segments E. Who were the “Lost Generation?” What did they write about? . What was the National Origins Act of 1924?. Who was Langston Hughes? What did he write about?. What was the theme of Harlem Renaissance art?. 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.. Introductory Information for . The Great Gatsby. What is Prohibition?. The 18. th. Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.. The Volstead Act . (The law that accompanied the amendment.). Ratified on January 16, 1919. The U.S. went dry on January 17, 1920.. 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).. Salome Cap. Background. Progressivism-aimed to return control of the government to the people, restore economic opportunities, correct injustices in American life. Came from the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WTCU). 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.. . was to reduce crime and poverty and improve the quality of life. . by making it impossible for people to get their hands on alcohol. . This . "Noble Experiment". was a failure. . Midnight, January 16th, 1920, US went dry. . The End of prohibition. Prohibition Fails. Enforcement of Prohibition failed.. Smugglers brought liquor into the United States through port cities. Speakeasies opened across the country.. People throughout the country made their own illegal liquor.. Prohibition. 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. By: Jennifer, Cassandra, Viviana, and Vanesa . Ms. Madrid . Period. 2. 2-21-15. What is Prohibition?. Prohibition is a law or regulation forbidding something. In the 1920’s prohibition meant ban on the sale and production of alcohol beverages. Alcohol was a big problem during this time that caused abuse, ruined careers and ruined marriages. . 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 . 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..