Prohibition Era Timeline

By campokid16

  • Temperance Movements begin advocating for abstinence from alcohol

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    Time of Prohibition

  • The first prohibition law is passed in Maine

  • 13 states have enacted prohibition legislation

  • The National Prohibition Party is founded

  • Kansas is the first state to have prohibition in its state constitution

  • The National Prohibition Party elects its first member of the House of Representatives

  • The Anti-Saloon League is formed

  • The US Senate passes the Volstead Act

  • 18th amendment is ratified by 36 states and goes into effect on the federal level

  • Congress passes Volstead Act and establishes the enforcement of prohibition.

  • Bootleggers start to pop up along with Speak easies

  • Herbert Hoover gave acceptance speech for the Republican presidential nomination for president in which he discussed the ills of prohibition and the need for its end

  • Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Cullen-Harrison Act which legalizes the manufacture and sale of certain alcohol

  • On December 5th, prohibition is repealed with the 21st amendment