Prohibition Goals of prohibition 18th Amendment was mostly ignored
Prohibition – Enforcement and Effects - Weebly
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Prohibition –Enforcement and Effects
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Why so difficult to enforce?1.) The US is BIG
-18,700 miles of coastline/border-Legal in neighboring nations
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2.) Loop holes- “Medical” alcohol - “Sacramental” alcohol- “Near” Beer
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This fascinating back-label for Lengfeld's Pharmacy in San Francisco has the doctor's name, the patient's name and address and the "article" is described as "wine." In the line
for "Directions" it's written: "Wineglass as needed."
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3.) Alcohol, key part of the immigrant culture-Italian-German-Irish
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4.) Underfunding-Only 3000 agents
-Agents salary was $2,500-Led to bribes/mass corruption/organized crime
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Izzy Einstein and Moe Smith
-Famous prohibition agents
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Elliot Ness-FBI agent
-Chicago- “The Untouchables”
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The Effects1.)Bootlegging - making and smuggling alcohol
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2.)Speakeasies = secret bars
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3.) Organized crime and corruption
-Large profits attract gangsters-Violence as gangs compete
- Bribed police, judges and politicians
St. Valentines Day Massacre 1929
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Al “Scarface” Capone
• Chicago• By 1927 earning $60
million a year from bootlegging.
• Responsible for over 500 murders
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Repeal
21st Amendment• Repealed prohibition
• Dec. 1932
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‘Today looks like a good day for a beer.’-President Franklin D. Roosevelt
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This restaurant and pub is located near the Boston
Common.