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Civil War
Large amount of alcohol consumed during this point -
Woman's Crusade begins
Eliza Thomson led women to sing hymns against alcohol and protest against saloons -
Prohibition party formed
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Frances Willard becomes head of the Woman's Temperance Union
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Anti-Saloon League
Reverend Howard Hyde Russell forms league -
DC Mass March
Members of the Women's Christian Temperance Union and the Anti-Saloon League march on Washington D.C. to demand a Prohibition Amendment to the United States Constitution. -
Pouring liquor down the sewer on a temperance crusade, Topeka, Kansas
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World War I
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World War One
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18th Amendment is ratified
This amendment banned the creation of Alcohol -
18th Amendment is ratified
This amendment banned the import and production of Alcohol -
Volstead Act passed
An act passed to carry out what the 18th amendment was intended for -
George Remus starts drug company to gain access to legal alcohol
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Gangs begin to emerge
gangs were formed that imported illegal alcohol, during this period crime rates spiked massively -
Stock Market Crash
Beginning of the Great Depression -
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Great Depression
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End of the Prohibition
The 21st amendment is passed, repealing the 18th Amendment and Volstead Act