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Prohibition
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18th amendment
The 18th amendment was ratified -
National prohibition act
also known as volstead act was passed -
Valentines day massacre
Al capone has 7 of bug's morans men murdered in chicago -
Gang violence on the rise in US
gang violence is on the rise in nearly every city in the united states -
Great Depression
on a tuesday..... when the stock market crashed -
Al capone charged
In 1931, the law finally caught up with Capone and he was charged with tax evasion http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/prohibition_and_the_gangsters.htm -
Franklin D Roosevelt elected
Elected because he wanted to end prohibition -
FDR Launches new deal
an unprecedented number of reforms addressing the catastrophic effects of the Great Depression -
21st Amendment
Prohibition ends 5:32 1/2 P.M
Took away license to do business from the brewers, distillers, vintners, and the whole sale and retail sellers of alcoholic beverages.The 21st Amendment repealed the 18th Amendment, making alcohol once again legal -
John Dillionger robs a bank in spoix falls
He robbed security national bank in Souixfalls for $49,500
