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Alcohol Prohibition
Alcohol Prohibition causes started in the 1800's and ended in 1933. -
Reverend Lyman Beecher Preaches against Alcohol
In 1826, Reverend Lyman Beecher preaches of how alcohol is evil. -
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Causes of Prohibition
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The Absolute Shall
Friends meet at a tavern and decide never to drink again.
Thousands of alcoholics meet to discuss their problems.
Saw drinking as a violent and evil thing.
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Maine Enacts Prohibition Law
Maine was the first state to prohibit the manufacture and sale of liquor.
Started with the mayor of Portland, Neal Dow, gathering thousands of a signatures to demand a law.
There were 10,000 people, 200 legal liquor stores, and around 400 non-offical liquor stores.
The law was repealed in 1856. -
Maine's Law Repealed
Maine's law for prohibition of alcohol is repealed. -
Women's Crusade
Eliza Thompson led women to sing hymns in Visitation Dands to protest saloons and drug stores. -
Hatchetation
The Prohibition Party formed in 1876.
Kiowa, Kansas in 1900, Carry Nation begins smashing up saloons for 10 years. -
Kansas Prohibition
A prohibition amendment to the Kansas state constitution goes into effect in 1881.
Second state to have prohibition. -
Anti-Saloon League Creation
Created by Reverend Howard Hyde Russell in Oberlin, Ohio. -
Hatchetation
Kiowa, Kansas in 1900, Carry Nation begins smashing up saloons for 10 years. -
Washington, Dc Mass March
Members of the Women's Christian Temperance Union and Anti-Saloon League march on Washington D.C.
Demand a Prohibition Amendment to the United States Constitution.
No amendment had ever been repealed, so they believed this one would last forever. -
WWI Posters
WWI Posters are made from 1914-1918 to support prohibition. -
Sewer Liquor
On a temperance crusade people pour liquor down the sewers in Topeka, Kansas June 1914. -
Gang Violence
Gang violence rises from 1919-1920's. -
18th Amendment
The 18th Amendment for alcohol prohibition is ratified January 16th, 1919. -
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Prohibition Events - Resolution
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Volstead Act
The National Prohibition Act, or Volstead Act, is passed on October 28, 1919. -
Kentucky Stills
Frank Mather and others search Nelson County, Kentucky for moonshiners.
Arrest them and dump their whiskey into streams. -
Purple Gang Trial
The Purple Gang goes on trial for bootlegging and highjacking. -
Stock Market Crash
The Stock Market crashes in October 1929. -
21st Amendment
The 21st Amendment is ratified on December 5, 1933, and repeals prohibition.
