Prohibition Flashcards
Why was prohibition introduced?
Women’s Christian temperance union 1873
Anti saloon league 1893
Were against alcohol as they believed it was the blame of poverty and violence
Why did many people believe drink alcohol was betraying your country?
Many beer companies were German
What were the ways around alcohol?
Moonshine (homemade alcohol)
Bootlegging (smuggling alcohol)
200,000 speakeasies
What were the consequences of prohibition?
More crime Organised crime Gangs Deadly alcohol Deaths increase
What were the problems with the enforcement of prohibition?
Agents were outnumbered, underpaid and took bribes
Who were 2 good prohibition agents?
Izzy Einstein
Moe Smith
Raided 3000 speakeasies in the first 5 years
What was the Volstead act 1919?
Alcohol banded from the USA
What was organised crime?
Gangs controlled most of the trade
Al Capone bribed many police and politicians
Employed 1000 men
227 murders in 4 years
When did prohibition end?
5th December 1933
Why did prohibition end?
Stop wasting money on ineffective enforcement
Government could tax alcohol
Alcohol created jobs
