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A clash between small-town and big city Americans began in earnest in January 1920 when the 18th amendment went into effect which led to the era known as Prohibition

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Reformers had long considered liquor considered liquor a prime cause of corruption.
They believed too much drinking led to crime, wife and child abuse, accidents in jobs and other serious social problems

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Support for prohibition mostly came from largely rural south and west, areas with large population of native-born protestants

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The Volsttead Act established a Prohibition Bureau in the Treasury Department in 1919, but the agency was underfunded. Reason why the act was established was because the government sealed Prohibition’s fate when it failed to budget enough money to enforce the law.

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A place where drinkers went to obtain liquor illegally, drinkers went underground to hidden saloons and nightclubs known as speakeasies

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Where were Speakeasies located? How could you get in? And what kind of people were there?

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Where were Speakeasies located? How could you get in? And what kind of people were there?

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Speakeasies could be found everywhere— in penthouse, cellar, rooming houses, officer buildings, tenements, hardware stores, and tearooms. To be admitted to a speakeasy, one had to present a card or use a password. Inside you would find a mix of fashionable middle-class and upper-middle class men and women.

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People learned to distill alcohol and built their own stills. Since Alcohol was allowed for medical and religious purpose, prescription for alcohol and sales of sacramental wine(intended for church services) skyrocketed.

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A bootlegger is a name for a smuggler’s practice of carrying liquor in the legs of boots. People would usually buy liquor from them. They smuggled alcohol in from Canada, Cuba, and the West Indies.

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Prohibition generated disrespect for the law, it also contributed to organized crime in nearly every major city

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Who is Al Capone? What City did he “control”?

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Who is Al Capone? What City did he “control”?

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Chicago became notorious as the home of Al Capone. A gangster whose bootlegging empire netted over $60 million a year. Capone took control of the Chicago liquor business by killing off his competition.

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Headlins reported 522 bloody gang killings and made the image of flashy Al Capone part of the folklore of the period

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Various religious groups thought drinking alcohol was sinful
Reformers believed that the government should protect the public’s health
Reformers believed that alcohol led to crime, wife and child abuse, and accidents on the job
During World War 1, native-born Americans developed hostility to German American brewers and toward other immigrant groups that used alcohol.

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Consumption of alcohol declined
Disrespect for the law developed
An increase in lawlessness, such as smuggling and bootlegging, was evident
Criminals found a new source of income
Organized crime grew

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By the mid 1920s only 19 percent of Americans supported Prohibition. The rest wanted the amendment changed or repealed. They believed prohibition caused worse effects than the initial problem. Rural Protestant Americans, however defended a law that they felt strengthened moral values. The 18th amendment remained in force until 1933, when it was repealed by the 21st amendment.