THE PROHIBITION

PROHIBITION

IN THE UNITED STATES

THE history OF

U.S.A

1920-1933

Prohibition around the world

United States - Canada - Norway - Finland - Russia

introduction

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introduction

Introduction

At the end of the 19th century, temperance movements were born in the United States and in several other countries. The idea was simple: to limit the sale and consumption of alcohol, or even prevent it completely.

TIMELINE

1933

December 1933

March 1933

1773

1919

January 1920

1920's

1888

1830's

1773

1773 : drinking alcohol is sinful

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The beginnin of the prohibition and its consequences

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- 1831: American Temperance Society had 170,000 members.

- 1834: American Temperance Society had 1 million members.

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1830's

TEMPERANCE

- 1831: American Temperance Society had 170,000 members.

1830's

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THE BEGINNING OF THE PROHIBITION ERA

REBELLION, MOONSHINE, AND SPEAKEASIES

1920

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Handmade alcohol

Sheriff Mike Bootright and deputies with a confiscated moonshine still, Elizabethton, Tennessee, 1940s

20's

Speakeasies

A flapper woman having a night out of dancing in a speakeasy (1920).

20's

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1933

February 20

The U.S. Congress proposes an amendment to the Constitution that would end Prohibition.

1933

December 5

Prohibition is officially repealed by the passage of the 21st Amendment to the U.S

1933

March 23

Roosevelt signs the Cullen-Harrison Act

1933

...and comes the night they ended Prohibition, December 5, 1933

Photo: NY DAILY NEWS ARCHIVE/GETTY IMAGES

CONCLUSION

THE PROHIBITION

1920-1933

1920-1933

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