The Prohibition Period

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The Prohibition Period (1920-1933)

Prohibition A law that forbids something.

What was this new Law Forbidding?

production or consumption of alcoholic beverages.

sense of right and wrong. What are Morals? sense of right and wrong.

What did the Government believe it was doing by banning Alcohol?

controlling people’s safety, health, welfare and morals.

Speakeasies Secret bars where people could purchase alcohol.

Volstead Act What Was the Volstead Act? The National Prohibition Act.

Illegal production & selling of liquor. Bootlegging Illegal production & selling of liquor.

18th Amendment Federal & State governments would enforce prohibition.

21st Amendment This removed the 18th Amendment.

How did it change the Society? Modernism, defeated the supporters of traditional moral values.