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Temperance movement, rooted in America's Protestant churches, first urged moderation, then encouraged drinkers to help each other to resist temptation, and ultimately demanded that local, state, and national governments prohibit alcohol outright. -
A group of people founded the prohibition party a force against the manufacturing, sale, and transportation of alcohol. Greatly affected the ratification of the 18th Amendment. -
Maine was the first state to pass the prohibition law, making selling alcoholic beverages illegal, except for few exceptions. Governor John Hubbard passed the law -
The Volstead act was passed after Congress Over-rid the veto on it, Was one of the steps to the 18th amendment -
on June 28, 1919 Germany and the Allied nations signed the Treaty of Versailles, formally ending the war -
The 18th Amendment called for stopping of all manufacturing, selling, and transporting alcoholic beverages. This law was ratified by 36 states, and on the federal, but was later appealed, only amendment to ever be appealed -
The 19th Amendment was passed, now letting the election to be open to women -
known as people who transported or sold alcohol legally, With the 18th Amendment being ratified, bootlegging became a problem -
Due to the stock market crash of 1929, the great depression began, as the unemployment rate of the people in the United States raised, finances crashed -
President Franklin D. Roosevelt pulled back the amendment that criminalized alcohol, during the 18th many problems were happening