 Which generalization can best be drawn from the experiment with national Prohibition (1919–1933)?

    1. Social attitudes can make laws difficult to enforce.

2.Americans resent higher taxes.

3. Morality can be legislated successfully.

4. People will sacrifice willingly for the common good

 The 18th Amendment passed in 1919.

 “Prohibited the transportation, sale, and manufacture of alcoholic beverages.”  Prohibition lasted from 1920-1933.

 Created the Prohibition Bureau in the Treasury Department.

 Police used to enforce Prohibition  failed  Passed on October 28,1919 (90 years ago a couple days ago).

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1.) Woman’s Christian Temperance Union

 From the Social Gospel Movement.

 Middle-class Protestants who wanted to reform immigrants.

 WCTU, along with the Anti-Saloon League, got Prohibition into the Constitution.

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2.) Alcohol = corruption

 Reformers believed that alcohol led to: -domestic violence -poor job performance -increase in crime rate ****No alcohol would decrease corruption.

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3.)Moral Reason

 Protestants felt alcohol was a sin.

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4.) Nativism

 Strong hatred towards immigrant groups who consumed and made alcohol.

 Germany  Catholics

 During the 13 years that Prohibition was in existence, Prohibition did reduce the consumption (drinking) of alcohol.

 ??? Small positives    NASCAR Better health (less deaths) Soft drinks became popular 

However, in the long run…………

 1.) People had low respect for the government.

 2.) People did not agree with Prohibition and rebelled.

   Rumrunners & Moonshiners Speakeasies Flappers  3.) Growth of organized crime.

 Alcohol = source of income for criminals.

1933 Marked the end of Prohibition

In 1933 the 21 st Amendment was passed and it repealed the 18 th Amendment.

As a result, “America’s Dry Spell” was over.

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What was Prohibition and how did it effect the nation?

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Recall-

What did the 18 th Volstead Act do?

Amendment and the 

Summarize-

What were the main arguments in favor of Prohibition?

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Make Judgments-

Do you think that the government should regulate what people are allowed to eat and drink?

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Recall-

How did American’s obtain alcohol during Prohibition 

Identify Cause and Effect-

of the 18 th How did the passage Amendment and the Volstead Act lead to the rise of organized crime.

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Make Judgments-

Why do you think law enforcement officials were unsuccessful in enforcing the Volstead Act?

 Which generalization can best be drawn from the experiment with national Prohibition (1919–1933)?

    1. Social attitudes can make laws difficult to enforce.

2.Americans resent higher taxes.

3. Morality can be legislated successfully.

4. People will sacrifice willingly for the common good

 What was a major result of Prohibition in the United States during the 1920s?

 1. More restrictions on immigration.

   2. The growth of communism.

3. The destruction of family values.

4. An increase in organized crime.

 The 18th Amendment, which banned the sale of alcohol, was also called the  1. Prohibition Amendment.

   2. Federal Reserve Act.

3. Platt Amendment.

4. Roosevelt Corollary.

 During the 1920s, Prohibition was hard to uphold because   1. many people moved to Canada or Mexico to buy liquor.

2. bootlegging - sale of illegal liquor - was profitable.

  3. there were no court cases challenging Prohibition.

4. the country was in the middle of a depression.

 According to most fundamentalists, alcohol caused all of the following except  1. urban slums.

   2. child abuse.

3. crime.

4. immigration.