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Prohibition in the 1920s banned the sale and transportation of alcohol in the United States. Supporters believed it would reduce crime and juvenile delinquency, improve health, and increase productivity. However, it had the opposite effect. People illegally produced dangerous homemade alcohol, drug use increased, organized crime rose as gangs profited from alcohol smuggling, and enforcement costs increased crime rates and filled prisons. Figures like Al Capone led powerful crime syndicates through violence, corruption, and black market alcohol sales. Prohibition was ultimately repealed due to these unintended consequences.

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PROHIBITION IN THE 1920S By: Courtland Sargent Joshua Davis Ryan Robinson
Lever Food and Fuel Control Act of 1917 regulated food, fuel, and other commodities Grain shortage Breweries and distilleries closed temporarily 18th Amendment permanent ban on the sale, transportation, importing, and exporting of alcoholic beverages Took effect January 17, 1920
MORE ON THE 18 TH AMENDMENT WHAT SUPPORTERS THOUGHT WOULD HAPPEN: Juvenile delinquency eliminated Crime would drop Dairy & other beverages would prosper. Increase in average workers productivity Increase in nations prosperity Other beverages would replace alcohol Nations Health would improve
Everyone broke the law and because of that everyone thought of it as whimsical and unimportant.
HOW DID IT INFLUEN CE CRIME To replace the loss of alcohol people made alcohol Had a much higher alcohol content Alcohol was a crime. Illegal activity was required to market the illegal alcohol. Drug use increased Took place of alcohol, instead of dairy Cigarettes became popular and were deemed fashionable and a sign of rebellion.
More jails filled with people convicted of alcohol use or distribution Enforcement cost millions of dollars. US District Attorneys spent 44% of their time on Prohibition cases
MORE ON INFLUEN CE OF CRIME Became organized and led to the rise of powerful crime syndicates. Murder Bribery & Blackmail Used law enforcement All used to move large quantities of alcohol
Over 10,000 people died from drinking wood alcohol. Others went permanently blind or had severe organ damage.
AL CAPONE
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COST OF PROHIBITION
Crime was reduced Jobs created In liquor industry
SOURCES CITED http://www.historicpatterson.org/Exhibits/ExhProhibition.php http://www.patheos.com/blogs/unreasonablefaith/2009/03/12bad-effects-of-prohibition-you-should-know/ http://prohibition.8m.com/main_part.html

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  • 1. PROHIBITION IN THE 1920S By: Courtland Sargent Joshua Davis Ryan Robinson
  • 2. Lever Food and Fuel Control Act of 1917 regulated food, fuel, and other commodities Grain shortage Breweries and distilleries closed temporarily 18th Amendment permanent ban on the sale, transportation, importing, and exporting of alcoholic beverages Took effect January 17, 1920
  • 3. MORE ON THE 18 TH AMENDMENT WHAT SUPPORTERS THOUGHT WOULD HAPPEN: Juvenile delinquency eliminated Crime would drop Dairy & other beverages would prosper. Increase in average workers productivity Increase in nations prosperity Other beverages would replace alcohol Nations Health would improve
  • 4. Everyone broke the law and because of that everyone thought of it as whimsical and unimportant.
  • 5. HOW DID IT INFLUEN CE CRIME To replace the loss of alcohol people made alcohol Had a much higher alcohol content Alcohol was a crime. Illegal activity was required to market the illegal alcohol. Drug use increased Took place of alcohol, instead of dairy Cigarettes became popular and were deemed fashionable and a sign of rebellion.
  • 6. More jails filled with people convicted of alcohol use or distribution Enforcement cost millions of dollars. US District Attorneys spent 44% of their time on Prohibition cases
  • 7. MORE ON INFLUEN CE OF CRIME Became organized and led to the rise of powerful crime syndicates. Murder Bribery & Blackmail Used law enforcement All used to move large quantities of alcohol
  • 8. Over 10,000 people died from drinking wood alcohol. Others went permanently blind or had severe organ damage.
  • 12. Crime was reduced Jobs created In liquor industry
  • 13. SOURCES CITED http://www.historicpatterson.org/Exhibits/ExhProhibition.php http://www.patheos.com/blogs/unreasonablefaith/2009/03/12bad-effects-of-prohibition-you-should-know/ http://prohibition.8m.com/main_part.html