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first efforts are made to outlaw the consumption of alcohol
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It was the the leading organization for National Prohibition in the United States. It was a majorly Protestant movement
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saves grain for war effort
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ratified by 36 states and enacted on a federal level. Began Prohibition
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Volstead Act enforces prohibition
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Bootleggers begin the illegal production and distribution of alcohol
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In New York, there was anywhere from 30,000 to 100,000 speakeasies
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Eliot Ness was an American Prohibition agent in Chicago, Illinois, who led the legendary law enforcement team called the Untouchables.
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Cassiday, a bootlegger for ten years, speaks out to the public about his experience. He is one of the few that spoke publicly
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Infamous bootlegger sentenced 11 years for income tax evasion
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Patterson Fire Department finds an illegal beer brewery in an abandoned house that was on fire. Putnam County Sherrif launches investigation but never finds the operators
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60 Dry agents raid 15 restaurants, inns, stores, and private homes throughout Putnam County, New York. They emptied thousands of bottles of beer, hundreds of jugs of whiskey and wine, and dozens of barrels of cider. 20 men were arrested.
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Delivered acceptance speech and discussed the ills of prohibition and the need for its abolishment
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legalizes manufacture of certain alcohol
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Replaced the 18th Amendment, thus ending prohibition