Speakeasies

By brockmoser

  • 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.

  • Speakeasies

    Rapid accumulation of speakeasies all around America.

  • Al Capone

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

  • Brewery Fire

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

  • 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 repeals the 18th Amendment, making alcohol legal.