Chapter 20 Section 3 18 th Amendment- Prohibition- January 20, 1920
Chapter 20 Section 3 continued Goals of Prohibition Eliminate drunkenness Get rid of saloons Prevent absenteeism from work Volstead Act enforces the 18 th Amendment Widely ignored Bootlegging Bootleggers- drinkers- hid flasks-liquor Supplied illegal alcohol Stills- devices used to produce alcohol
Chapter 20 Section 3 continued Speakeasies- bars that operated illegally Very complex operation Al Capone- gangster organizations- Chicago “Scarface” $60 million dollars- year- very lucrative FBI- J. Edgar Hoover Science and technology- larger role
Chapter 20 Section 3 continued mob violence- between whites and African Americans- “Red Summer” Revival of the KKK- William J. Simmons Marcus Garvey- Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA)