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18th Amendment
The 18th Amendment states that the manufacturing, sale, and transportation are illegal in America -
Al Capone
Throughout the 1920s Al Capone ran a million dollar company. His company consisted of bootlegged liquor, prostitution, and gambling. His operation dominated the crimes during the time. -
Kentucky Stills
Frank Mather signs with the treasury department to clean parts of Kentucky and rid moonshiners. He did so by arresting them and dumping their whiskey into streams. -
Rum Row
A line of ships loaded with liquor anchored near the United States -
Beer Wars
Al Capone is blamed for murdering prosecutor McSwiggin. -
Eliot Ness
Eliot Ness was an American Prohibitionist Agent. He was apart of a law enforcement group called The Untouchables. Ness played a part in the take down of Al Capone and his industry. -
Stock Market Crash
A major stock market crash that occurred in late October. -
Herbert Hoover
Elected as the 31st President of the United States. -
Depression Era Begins
The worst economic failure in the history of the industrialized world begins. -
Prohibition Repealed
When the 21st amendment was approved, prohibition and the 18th amendment were repealed.
