PPT-Prohibition

Introductory Information for The Great Gatsby What is Prohibition The 18 th Amendment of the US Constitution The Volstead Act The law that accompanied the amendment Ratified on January 16 1919 The US went dry on January 17 1920. Reasons for the prohibition are given along with suggestions for establishing or reviewing a policy Recommendations are given for properly wording a facial hair policy and the issue of facial hair on female workers is also addressed Figure 1 short O Katie Wood. Governance Coordinator,. Amnesty International. Australia. About Amnesty International. Global movement with 2.8 million supporters in more than 150 countries. We campaign to end grave abuses of human rights wherever they occur. 1920s. Write the main idea of each slide.. Prohibition. The Prohibition era lasted from 1920 through 1933, and was an attempt to legislate morality. It took a Constitutional amendment to enact it, and another one to repeal it. The attempt to decrease the "evils" of alcohol actually created more - and new - types of crime.. Thursday: G, A, B, C, D, E. Opening Question. Opening. 51 children in intemperate families. 25 died in infancy. 1 had . st. . vitus. dance- idiotic. 6 were idiotic. 5 were deformed. 5 were epileptic. Prohibition started in late 1919. Prohibition was started by groups against alcohol, including, The Anti-Saloon League and Women’s Christian Temperance Union. These groups made song stories magazines and newspapers to advertise their cause.. Wets vs. . Drys. Origins. Although the Temperance movement had been around for decades, it gained increased traction during WWI.. Rationing of grains (corn, wheat, barley) used to make alcohol. A “Women’s Issue”. . UNDER . ATTACK. The Culture Wars . of the 1920s. INTENSIVE REVIEW VERSION. USHC 6.2. Explain the causes and effects of the social change and conflict between traditional and modern culture that took place during the 1920s, including the role of women, the “Red Scare”, the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan, immigration quotas, Prohibition, and the Scopes trial. . 1920’s. Review. The 18. th. Amendment (Prohibition) outlawed the making of, transporting, and the selling of alcohol.. Rise to Power. That led to people buying alcohol illegally.. The people who produced, transported, and sold it were known as “bootleggers”.. . was to reduce crime and poverty and improve the quality of life. . by making it impossible for people to get their hands on alcohol. . This . "Noble Experiment". was a failure. . Midnight, January 16th, 1920, US went dry. . The End of prohibition. Prohibition Fails. Enforcement of Prohibition failed.. Smugglers brought liquor into the United States through port cities. Speakeasies opened across the country.. People throughout the country made their own illegal liquor.. By: Jennifer, Cassandra, Viviana, and Vanesa . Ms. Madrid . Period. 2. 2-21-15. What is Prohibition?. Prohibition is a law or regulation forbidding something. In the 1920’s prohibition meant ban on the sale and production of alcohol beverages. Alcohol was a big problem during this time that caused abuse, ruined careers and ruined marriages. . By Tyler sweet and Catherine jock. Bonnie and . C. lyde . Bonnie and Clyde were a very dangerous couple.. They were known for many killings and bank robberies. They preferred small gas station robberies were they could get away with it, without being seen doing any harm . Definition. the prevention by law of the manufacture and sale of . alcohol in . the US between 1920 and 1933.. Beginning Ideas of Prohibition. Women’s Christian Temperance Union. Fought for Prohibition. read: “the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors...is hereby prohibited”. EFFECTS OF PROHIBITION. Alcohol consumption went down ⅓. Alcohol related deaths declined . Decrease of arrests for drunkenness .