Prohibition in the United States

Reverand Lyman Beecher condemns alcohol

Jan 1, 1826

Seen in his sermon Titled "Nature and Occasions of Intemperance"

Prohibition Causes and Aftermath

Period: Jan 1, 1826 to Dec 5, 1933

The Washingtonians' society of reformed drunkards formed.

Jan 1, 1840

Early relative of AA

Anti-Saloon League founded by Reverend Howard Hyde Russell

Jan 1, 1893

Women's Christian Temperance Union and the Anti-Saloon League march on Washington

Dec 10, 1913

18th Amendment Ratified

Jan 16, 1919

prohibits all alcoholic beverages

The National Prohibition Act is passed

Oct 28, 1919

"An act to prohibit intoxicating beverages, and to regulate the manufacture, production, use, and sale of high-proof spirits for other than beverage purposes, and to insure an ample supply of alcohol and promote its use in scientific research and in the development of fuel, dye, and other lawful industries."

Roy Olmstead becomes "King of the Puget Sound Bootleggers."

Jan 1, 1920

William McCoy pioneers the “rum-running” trade

Jan 1, 1920

Frank Mather works with treasury department to search Nelson County, Kentucky for moonshiners,

Jan 1, 1922

The Purple Gang of Detroit goes to trial for bootlegging and highjacking.

Jan 1, 1928

Huge rise in gang violence in the US

Jan 1, 1929

The Valentines Day Massacre

Feb 14, 1929

Mewmbers of Al Capones gang murder those in Bugs Moran's

Stock Market Crash Leads to Great Depression

Oct 29, 1929

Pass of the 21st Amendment

Dec 5, 1933

Repealing prohibition