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Maine Creates Prohibition Law
Maine law bans alcohol except for “medicinal, mechanical or manufacturing purpose." Neal Dow as known as the “Father of Prohibition” and helped craft this law as a temperance activist. He said, 'Here is a fearful enemy of God and man--the liquor traffic; it makes ruthless war upon the people; it blasts and destroys their homes as with pestilence and fire; it kills savagely, cruelly. -
National Prohibition Party formed
The National Prohibition Party fought against the consumption of alcohol and the manufacturing of it. They were the third party in the United States lead by Toby Davis. They were very influential and played a key role in the temperance movement. They convinced a lot of community’s and even states to ban alcohol. -
Kansas bans Alcohol
In 1880 the people of Kansas voted to prohibit alcohol. Kansas bans alcohol and becomes the first state to not allow it. They stop all importation and manufacturing of “intoxicating liquors". Violence from western Culture of cowboys was a cause to prohibition in Kansas. They influenced other states to ban alcohol as well. -
The National Prohibition Party elects its first member of the House of Representatives
The Prohibition Party gets their first member into the House of Representives. The member Kittel Halvosen was from Minnesota. This helped them gain power in US politics. He had moved from Norway and noticed the possibilities we faced. He fought hard for prohibition and was said to be elected as a “populist”. -
Anti-Saloon League
Anti-Saloon League is formed. It became very influential for the banning of alcohol on the United States. This group was a non-partisan political pressure group. They worked with churches to marshal resources for the prohibition fight. They mainly worked and were the strongest in the south and rural north. They were lead by the most prominent leader Wayne Wheeler. -
Volstead Act is Passed
The Volstead act is passed and prohibition is effective in the United States. All manufacturing and selling is not allowed. People who break this law are punished by a fine or jail time. This happened because people believed what Billy Sunday said “The slums will soon be only a memory. We will turn our prisons into factories and our jails into storehouses and corncribs." -
Crimnal Bootleggers Rise
Criminal bootleggers rise in major cities. They sell and manufacture alcohol creating a monopoly and gaining power. Causing an increase of Illegal activity and crime. Famous bootleggers were Al Capone (pictured), Enoch Johnson, Joe Masseria, and Arnold Rothstein. People who broke this law were punished by a fine or jail time. -
Prohibition is Repealed.
Alcohol is unbanned and allowed to be manufacturing and sold. The Twenty-first Amendment repealed the eighteenth Amendment because the police, courts and prison were overwhelmed with tons of new cases. Peoples need for alcohol led to violence and murder. More crimes were happening then before and they were importing in from out of country giving power to those who won’t use it correctly
