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Lyman Beecher Preaches
Preaches about how alcohol is evil and how we shouldn't drink it. He wrote sermons about drugs. When Lyman Beecher preached, he also preached about people who drank too much had intemperance, which means when they start drinking they are likely not to quit.
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Maine
Maine was the first state to ban the manufacture, sale, or distribution of alcohol. States and countries followed Maine's lead. Lawmakers and temperance leaders took a hard look at Maine's experience and prompted national's law's repeal 13 years later. Farmers turned apples and other fruits into cider and wine.
Source: http://www.pressherald.com/2011/10/02/when-maine-went-dry_2011-10-02/ -
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union tried to limit the consumption of alcohol by Americans. Alcohol resulted in violence and abuse. Men would squander limited household finances on alcohol. Woman started a revolt against saloon owners, many were shut down. This organization became the most powerful organization in the nineteenth century. It had 150,000 members.
Source: https://www.nwhm.org/onlineexhibits/progressiveera/wctu.html -
Anti-Saloon League
The Anti-Saloon League was founded in Oberlin, Ohio. It started as a state organization. It focused on the single issue of prohibition. The Anti-Saloon League had branches across the United States to work with churches. As people moved urbanized areas, they thought they were losing touch with God. One way was by consuming alcohol. This league sought to eliminate bars.
Source: https://prohibition.osu.edu/anti-saloon-league & http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/AntiSaloon_League_of_America -
Bootleggers and Gang Violence
The ban of alcohol led to many crimes. Gangsters fought over turf. A famous gangster is Al Capone. Al Capone put it as "All I do is to supply a public demand...somebody had to throw some liquor on that thirst. Why not me?" He had a brilliant criminal mind. Gangsters became well prepared for the exploitation of prohibition.
Source:http://www.umich.edu/~eng217/student_projects/nkazmers/organizedcrime2.html -
Ratified on the 18th Amendment
On this day the 18th amendment prohibited the making, transporting, and selling of alcoholic beverages. It was believed that the use of alcohol was reckless and destructive. After this amendment was ratified, alcohol related deaths declined dramatically.
Source: https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/amendments/amendment-xviii -
Volstead Act
The Volstead Act was to carry out the intent of the 18th amendment. The Volstead Act said that "no person shall manufacture, sell, barter, transport, import, export, deliver, furnish, or possess any intoxicating liquor except as authorized by this act." This act did not prohibit the purchase or use of liquors. This act was named after Andrew Volstead, he was a chairman.
Source: https://quizlet.com/184688/history-the-1920s-flash-cards/ & https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volstead_Act -
Al Capone
Gangs started making secret bars. Passwords were given through this door that had a slide and would open if you got the password right. You would have to wisper the answer. Al Capone was a helper in one of these bars. Al Capone moved to Chicago and started his own secret bar. He was a great mobster and was wanted by the police. He bribed every police that tried to arrest him, very wealthy. Elliot Ness eventually arrested him.
Source: https://sites.google.com/site/deandredenson1920s/al-capone -
Templeton Rye
Whiskey made was illegal, and mainly made on farms. Templeton Rye, "The Good Stuff," was popular across the country from Chicago to Kansas City to New York City. Templeton Rye went underground, there were stories about it. You had to know someone to get a bottle of it or even a sip.
Source: http://site.iptv.org/iowapathways/mypath/iowas-prohibition-years-1920-1933 -
Amendment taking effect
This amendment started taking effect on January 16, 1920. This amendment went for thirteen years. It prohibited the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol.
Source: http://constitution.laws.com/american-history/constitution/constitutional-amendments/18th-amendment
