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The History of the WCTU
In many towns in Ohio and New York in the fall of 1873 women concerned about the destructive power of alcohol met in churches to pray and then marched to the saloons to ask the owners to close their establishments. They met with success but it was only temporary so by the next summer the women concluded that they must become organized nationally. This led to the founding of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union - the oldest continuing non-sectarian woman's organization in the world. -
Anti-Saloon League
Founded as a state society in Oberlin, Ohio in 1893
Founder and first leader Howard Hyde Russell (1855-1946)
The League lost power in 1833 do to the repeal 18th amendment -
Alponse Gaberial Capone
Brooklyn, New York -
Temperance Movement
-" due to the pressure from members od the Temperance Movement many states government passd state wide prohibition in the early 1900's." -this movement got many liquor laws passed nationwide. -the temperance movement crested when the 18th amendment to the constitution was passed and ratifired -
36 states had prohibition laws
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The 18th Amendment
-Congress voted its approval in october 1919 -enacted it into law as the National Prohibition Act of 1920 -The United States Prohibited the manufacture, sale, transport, import, or export of alcoholic beverage- It was bad for the economy becase most of the job's where eliminated
by 1966 All states ended Prohibition -
bootlegging
bootlegging came to be a big business in this era because the money was so good and people lost respect for the authorities -
Sometimes called a blind pig or blind tiger,
a Speakeasy is an establishment that illegally sells alcoholic beverages. Such establishments came into prominence in the United States during Prohibition.
Speakeasies originated in the late 1800’s (around 1889), but became more and more popular in the 1920’s during prohibition
The name “speakeasy” came from the hushed tone occupants had to speak in as to not be found out -
bootlegging
George Remus as the king of bootlegging. He made $5 million off bootlegging. He was based out of Cinncinati -
Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
Al Capone gang suspected of killing seven North Side Irish Gang members -
Sent to Atlanta U.S. Penitentray
Diagnosed wit syphilis and gonorhea then moved to to Alcataz Penitentray -
Alphonse Gabriel Capone
Died Jan. 25, 1947 because of pneumonia and suffered cardiac arrest buried at Mount Carmel Cemetery in Hillside, Illinos
