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3 Crime and Corruption Flashcards

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Prohibition

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manufacture, sale and transportation of alcohol banned

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How?

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  • Jan 1920= Volstead Act
  • Federal Gov. made this law
  • 18th Amendment
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Why?

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  • link of wife beating+child abuse+alcohol
  • reduced efficiency and output at work from alcohol
  • religious opposition- evil, sins
  • health issues
  • immigrants link
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Organisations supporting prohibition

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1873= The Women’s Chritian Temperance Union
1893= The Anti-Saloon League

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