PPT-Prohibition: a Sociological and Economical View

By Brock Wilson amp Jesse Olmstead A Little History On Prohibition Prohibition was largely a struggle between ethnic groups In Illinois for example fifty three per of states residents were either foreign born or the children of foreign born parents Buenker 363. The Wage Penalty for MotherhoodMotherhood is associated with lower hourly pay, but the causes of this are not wellunderstood. Mothers may earn less than other women because having childrencauses them Temperance Cartoons. A Nation of Drunkards. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GECsin42oS0. . 6:05. The Anti-Saloon League. The Anti-Saloon League focused only on the legal prohibition of alcoholic beverages. . Anne Edwards. Department of Education. University of Oxford. A Useful Concept. Is a lens which allow us to move beyond simple concrete description . Is part of a broader conceptual system – i.e. allows us to say that the phenomenon is this but not that. Vincent M. Mugisha. PhD Student/GTA, . Educational Leadership and Policy Studies. Essentialism . Vs. Social constructionism. Essentialism. a belief that certain . phenomena e.g. race, gender, sexuality . 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 . 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.. 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.. 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. 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). 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. . 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.. BY C WRIGHT MILLS (1959). SENSE OF POWERLESSNESS/HELPLESSNESS. Nowadays people often feel that their private lives are a series of traps. They sense that within their everyday worlds, they cannot overcome their troubles, and in this feeling, they are often quite correct. .