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Temperance Movement Begins
The Temperance Movement wanted Alcoholic beverages to be banned. -
Maine
Maine became the first state to ban the consumption of alcohol, and also banned making it. -
Maine
Maine repealed their law that banned alcohol. -
Congress
Congress passed the National Prohibition Act also known as the Volstead Act even though the President tried to veto this act. This act was set to go into effect next year. This act banned the consumption of alcohol beverages and also made making them illegal -
National Prohobition Act
The National Prohibition Act went into effect in 1920, banning alcohol products. -
Bootlegging and Organized Crime explodes
People start making and selling their own alcoholic products. -
Chicago
Chicago started cracking down on the production of illegal alcoholic beverages. -
End of the Prohibition
The Prohibition was ended in 1933, by President Herbert Hoover who said the Prohibition was a "Nobel Experiment."