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The first stats to adopt prohibition laws
Massachusetts was the first state to have laws restricting the sale of alcohol. -
Main
Main was the first state to band all sail and manufacturing of alcohol -
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
They were a group that wanted woman's rights and prohibition. -
Anti-Saloon League is formed
The Anti-Saloon League was formed in 1893 in Oberlin, Ohio. They believed in prohibition. They also believed that the only way to have an effect was to have an Amendment added to the constitution. they would team up with many different goops, and churches that agreed with them the main one being the temperance movement. -
18th amendment passed in the house
The 18th Amendment passes both the house of representatives and the senate and moves on to the states. -
The 18th Amendment ratified
the 18th Amendment was passed after the needed three-fourths of all states passed the amendment on January 1919. -
The rise of Bootlegging
After the 18th amendment was passed there was a rapid rise in organized crime and bootlegging. Many organized crime groups got their start during this time because they could make a lot of money bootlegging. -
The Volstead act
The Volstead act est the minimum amount of alcohol a beverage can contain at 2.5% -
The start of the Great Depression
The Great Depression started after the stock market crash on October 29 1929 known as Black Tuesday. This is the worst depression that America has had. With the highest unemployment rate ever seen at the time, people turned to making, transporting, and selling alcohol. -
the 18th Amendment repealed
Due to the rising crime rate in big cities, because of bootlegging people pushed for the 18th amendment to be repealed. The 21st Amendment repealed the 18th Amendment.