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Temperance Movement begins
first efforts are made to outlaw the consumption of alcohol -
The Anti-Saloon League is established
It was the the leading organization for National Prohibition in the United States. It was a majorly Protestant movement -
War Time Prohibition Act
saves grain for war effort -
18th Amendment ratified
ratified by 36 states and enacted on a federal level. Began Prohibition -
Volstead Act
Volstead Act enforces prohibition -
Emergence of bootleggers
Bootleggers begin the illegal production and distribution of alcohol -
Speakeasies
In New York, there was anywhere from 30,000 to 100,000 speakeasies -
Elliot Ness begins to enforce the violation of Prohibition
Eliot Ness was an American Prohibition agent in Chicago, Illinois, who led the legendary law enforcement team called the Untouchables. -
George Cassiday speaks up
Cassiday, a bootlegger for ten years, speaks out to the public about his experience. He is one of the few that spoke publicly -
Al Capone is sentenced to prison
Infamous bootlegger sentenced 11 years for income tax evasion -
Illegal brewery discovered in New York
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 -
Dry agent raid
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. -
Hoover's acceptance speech for republican candidate
Delivered acceptance speech and discussed the ills of prohibition and the need for its abolishment -
FDR signs Cullen- Harrison
legalizes manufacture of certain alcohol -
21st Amendment ratified
Replaced the 18th Amendment, thus ending prohibition