timeline

18th amedment

Dec 19, 1917

this started prohibtion december 19th 1917

Volstead Act

Oct 28, 1919

Congress overrides President Woodrow Wilson’s veto of the National Prohibition Act, commonly called the Volstead Act, which makes it illegal to manufacture beverages with more than a half-percent of alcohol and provides enforcement of the 18th Amendment. It is named for Andrew Volstead, a Minnesota Republican who served as chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and introduced the bill.

noble experiment

Jan 16, 1920

Was an experiment to try to reduce crime and corruption, as well as solve social problems, also to reduce the tax burden created by prisons and poorhouses, it also was trying to improve health and hygiene in America

St. Valentine Massacre

Feb 14, 1929

A day where 7 members of Chicago’s North Side Gang were murdered by 2 undercover policemen. They were gathered in Lincoln Park, and taken into a garage where they were gunned down.

wall street crashes

Oct 15, 1929

The Wall Street crash begins, ushering in the Great Depression.

21st amendement

Dec 5, 1933

On December 5, 1933, the 21st Amendment was ratified, as announced in this proclamation from President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The 21st Amendment repealed the 18th Amendment of January 16, 1919, ending the increasingly unpopular nationwide prohibition of alcohol.