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1 Chapter 20 Section 3 18 th Amendment- Prohibition- January 20, 1920

2 Chapter 20 Section 3 continued Goals of Prohibition Eliminate drunkenness Get rid of saloons Prevent absenteeism from work Volstead Act- 1919- enforces the 18 th Amendment Widely ignored Bootlegging Bootleggers- drinkers- hid flasks-liquor Supplied illegal alcohol Stills- devices used to produce alcohol

3 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

4 Chapter 20 Section 3 continued 1919- mob violence- between whites and African Americans- “Red Summer” Revival of the KKK- William J. Simmons Marcus Garvey- Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA)

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