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During the nineteenth century, Pietistic Protestants want to ban alcoholic beverages to cure the ill society and weak the political opposition.
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During the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century many cities started to ban alcoholic beverages. This was seen as a victory for the drys who were Prohibition supporters
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After 1900, Wet supporters, who were people that wanted beer, had support from Catholic and Lutheran communities. They had funding to fight back against the dry supporters.
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The Germany community was marginalized by the nations war against Germany. The brewing industry was starting to be shut down state after state.
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Many gangs were able to gain control of the beer and liquor supply for many cities.
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The eighteenth amendment is created. This enabled legislation which was also know as the Volstead Act. This amendment enforced rules on a federal ban and defined the types of alcoholic beverages that were prohibited.
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The only way people could consume wine was for religious use only. Private ownership and consumption were not illegal. Some cities had stricter laws banning possession of an alcoholic beverage.
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The 19th Amendment is ratified. This allowed women to vote.
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Congress passes a tariff bill that raises tariffs drastically to protect the American market.
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President Warren G. Harding dies of a stroke in San Francisco. Vice president Calvin Coolidge takes Harding spot as president.
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Italian immigrant radicals Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are executed by the electric chair.
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Wets attacked prohibition as causing crime, lowering local revenues and for imposing rural protestant religious values on urban United States.
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Since people were so outraged by the prohibition of alcohol, the Twenty first Amendment was created. This repealed the Eighteenth Amendment. Although Alcohol was legal again some states continued to prohibit alcoholic beverages.
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Research shows that alcohol consumption dropped by 50% during the prohibition. The rate stayed this low until the 1940's. This lead people to believe that the prohibition did socialize a significant proportion of the population. The rate of liver cirrhosis was down by 50% during the prohibition.
