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Temperance Movement
The Temperance Movement was the covincing of people to quit consuming alcohol to make this a better country. The earliest of the Temperance Movement was aid to begin back in 1826 during the American Revolution in Connecticut, Virginia, and New York States. These movements first began with the hope hope of banning whiskey distilleries which eventually led to trying to ban all types and forms of alochol. -
Maine Passes Proposal
On this day in January, the state of Maine passed the first ever law under prohibition. Once Maine passed this law, many other states started thinking about this and they soon started to ratify the new law. -
National Prohibition Party
This was a party that pushed for the 18th Ammendment. They very much so apposed alcohol use and were helped in their victory of the 18th Ammendment by the Women's Christian Temperance Union and the Anti-Saloon League. -
Woman's Christan Temperance Union
This group was formed to totally wipe out all alcoholic beverages and to put liquour dealers out of business around the country. Their goal after closing this all down was to hopefully have the crime rate down, poverty, and immortality. -
Anit-Saloon League
From 1893 to the ratification of the 18th Ammendment, the Anti-Saloon League pushed for the banning of alcohol. This group was mainly in Ohio but they branched off in 1895 when they became a powerful organization to reach out to people in all the states having speeches in churches and buildings all over the United States. At their 20th anniversary in 1893 in Colubus, Ohio, they decided they wanted to make this a Constitutional ammendment so they announced their campaign of passing prohibition. -
Sheppard Bone-Dry Act
This act was proposed by Senator Morris Sheppard from Texas and it put a ban on all alcoholic beverages in the District of Colombia(mainly Washington D.C.). When this act was proposed, they were in the lame duck period of the 64th Congress. Thier goal was to have a dry legislation and that is what they did. -
Crime Rates
From the day the 18th Ammendment was ratified, the domestic crime rates went down in the United States. These crime rates went down because with not being able to go out and drink, males never came out to their wives as drunks where they had abused them and there kids significantly. Where the crime rates went up were through gangs and groups in big cities like Chicago, not indiviual males beating their wives. -
Ammendment Ratification
The 18th Ammendment was ratified on the 16th of January in 1919. The law then came in effect the day after on January 17th. At this time, there were 34 states who already banned alcohol including Nebraska who passed the ban of alcohol on the day of ratification. -
Volstead Act
Also known as the "National Prohibition Act." The Volstead Act was passed by Congress so people follow the 18th Ammendment in which prhoibited the maufactue, sale, and consumption of alcohol. -
Ammendment Repealed
The 21st Ammendment is proposed and ratified to repeal the 18th. There is no longer a law that says you cannot partake in the manufacture, consumption, and sale of alcohol in theUnited States.
