Prohibition 1920s

By Nikki1331

  • Constitution Amendment Presented

    The Senate decided to present an amendment to prohibit the sale and consumption of alcohol.

  • Resolution Passed

    The Senate and House of Representatives decide to pass the revised resolution to prohibit alcohol.

  • Wartime Prohibition Act

    Alcohol was banned if the alcohol content greater than 2.75%

  • 18th Amendment Ratified

    The 18th Amendment was ratified by 36 states

  • Wartime Prohibition Act took effect

    The ban of alcohol that had an alcohol content greater than 2.75%took effect.

  • Volstead Act

    Clarified law stating that beer, wine, or other intoxicating malt or vinous liquors meant any beverage that was more than 0.5% alcohol by volume and was illegal.

  • Start of Prohibition

    The 18th Amendment is passed and alcohol is banned in the United States.
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    Prohibition

  • Legal Action

    Official legal action takes place on anyone violating the 18th Amendment.

  • Speakeasies

    Cleveland had an estimated 3,000 illegal speakeasies, compared to the 1,200 legal bars it had in 1919.

  • Al Capone

    Gangster Al Capone became a large role in the bootlegging business.

  • Speakeasies, Updated

    By this time, there were an estimated 30,000 speakeasies.

  • Prohibition Cartoon

    Editorial cartoon that appeared in the Putnam County Courier, which regards a canidate who was running for office.

  • Cirrhosis of the Liver

    Deaths in men dropped from 29.5 per 100,000 in 1911 to 10.7 per 100,000 in 1929.

  • Brewery Fire

    Illegal brewery discovered after fire. Three hundred gallons of beer found in barrels. Owners never found.

  • Federal Agents Raid

    Sixty dry federal agents raided fifteen restaurants, inns, stores, and private homes located throughout Putnam Count. Twenty men were arrested.

  • Hoover Acceptance Speech

    President Herbert Hoover stated that prohibition needed to end in his acceptance speech.

  • Roosevelt signs Cullen-Harrison Act

    Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Cullen-Harrison Act which legalized the manufacture and sale of certain types of alcohol.

  • Beer Revenue Act

    This act is legalized beer and wine with alcohol content up to 3.2% alc/vol.

  • First Legal Beer

    Produced by Washington's Abner Drury Brewery was delivered to President Roosevelt at the White House.

  • End of Prohibition

    The 21st Amendment releals the 18th Amendment, making alcohol legal.