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Prohibition

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  • Religious Revivalism

    Religious Revivalism

    This engulfed the United States and triggered requests for temperance and other perfectionist movements.
  • Temperance Law Passed

    Temperance Law Passed

    A temperance law passed in Massachusetts that outlawed liquor being sold in less than 15 gallon amounts
  • first state prohibition law

    first state prohibition law

    Maine passed the first state prohibition law
  • The Anti-Saloon League's formed

    The Anti-Saloon League's formed

  • The Anti-Saloon League led a surge of attacks on the purchase of liquor

    The Anti-Saloon League led a surge of attacks on the purchase of liquor

    This was guided by urban growth, growth of Evangelical Protestants, how saloons were viewed, and factory owner's intent to increase efficiency and extend working hours.
  • An interim wartime prohibition's created

    An interim wartime prohibition's created

    This was with the intention of saving grain to produce food to help during World War I.
  • National Prohibition Act

    National Prohibition Act

    This created guidelines to enforce prohibition.
  • The 18th Amendment

    The 18th Amendment

    This amendment prohibited the manufacture, transportation, and sale of liquors.
  • The 19th Amendment

    The 19th Amendment

    This allowed women in the U.S. to vote.
  • Prohibition support recedes

    Prohibition support recedes

    This was due to the price of bootleg liquor which restricted the working class and the poor during Prohibition.
  • Thought of repealing Prohibition

    Thought of repealing Prohibition

    They wanted to create more jobs and revenue to help during the Great Depression. Franklin D. Roosevelt ran on repealing the Prohibition.
  • 21st Amendment- Federal End of Prohibition

    21st Amendment- Federal End of Prohibition

    After Franklin D. Roosevelt won his bid for presidency, Congress adopted the 21st amendment. This repealed the 18th amendment and caused a federal end to the Prohibition.
  • Complete End of Prohibition

    Complete End of Prohibition

    In 1966, all of the states that still had prohibition laws dissolved their bans, creating a complete end of the prohibition era.