Homework 26: Prohibition
Conduct some research into Prohibition in 1920s America. A bullet point list or fact file is OK.
Due 13th March 2017
Conduct some research into Prohibition in 1920s America. A bullet point list or fact file is OK.
Due 13th March 2017
National mood - when America entered the war in 1917 the national mood also turned against drinking alcohol. The Anti-Saloon League argued that drinking alcohol was damaging American society.
ReplyDeletePractical - a ban on alcohol would boost supplies of important grains such as barley.
Religious - the consumption of alcohol went against God's will.
Moral - many agreed that it was wrong for some Americans to enjoy alcohol while the country's young men were at war.
Many Americans never gave their support to Prohibition and were willing to drink in speakeasies - bars that claimed to sell soft drinks, but served alcohol behind the scenes.
Gangsters such as Al Capone made money from organised crime.
There weren't enough Prohibition agents to enforce the law - only 1,500 in 1920.
prohibition in the 1920's:
ReplyDelete1) It was never illegal to drink, just to sell, make and shipping for the purpose of consumption.
2) alcohol was often provided for medical purposes
3) prohibition was supported by the KKK
4) it lasted from 1920-1933
5) some states refused to enforce it
6)3000 of people died form tainted liquor each year
7) Dr.Suess was a result of the prohibition era
8) the long island ice tea was invented during the prohibition era
9) when prohibition was repealed there was a rapid drop in organised crime.
10) there are still several counties in america that are still under prohibition