Prohibition by Jackson Cook https://padlet.com/jwcook/y024ulex54ko The Roaring Twenties Project en-us 2017-03-14 15:08:59 UTC 2017-03-14 15:49:08 UTC hello@padlet.com Before Prohibition jwcook https://padlet.com/jwcook/y024ulex54ko/wish/160008871 Before the 1920's alcohol was a major issue and created major issue's. Such as men after working would go to the bar with their friends and have a few too many. This caused to be drunk and have a attitude and come home to their wives and children and beat them in many cases. ]]> 2017-03-14 15:14:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jwcook/y024ulex54ko/wish/160008871 Prohibition jwcook https://padlet.com/jwcook/y024ulex54ko/wish/160010872 Due to the women and children getting beaten a lot by drunken men. The U.S. government took action about the problem and on January 16th, 1919 Congress passed the 18th Amendment which prohibited the production and consumption of alcohol. But as we all know how men reacted the number of  illegal stills for making moonshine and other alcohol drinks sky-rocketed.(The background is a picture of a moonshine still)]]> 2017-03-14 15:19:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jwcook/y024ulex54ko/wish/160010872 Illegal Alcohol and Underground Bars jwcook https://padlet.com/jwcook/y024ulex54ko/wish/160015135 Majority of illegal alcohol was made in Mountain Regions of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia, because for major moonshine you need fresh cold flowing water so the mountains were ideal for this with all the mountain streams and they were a good locations to be hidden. Underground bars were secret bars many in basements of peoples houses. ]]> 2017-03-14 15:30:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jwcook/y024ulex54ko/wish/160015135 End of Prohibiton jwcook https://padlet.com/jwcook/y024ulex54ko/wish/160020159 In 1933 the 18th Amendment was repealled due to riots and strikes.]]> 2017-03-14 15:42:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jwcook/y024ulex54ko/wish/160020159 Citations jwcook https://padlet.com/jwcook/y024ulex54ko/wish/160021974 History.com Staff. "Prohibition." History.com. A&E Television Networks, 2009. Web. 14 Mar. 2017]]> 2017-03-14 15:46:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jwcook/y024ulex54ko/wish/160021974