Prohibition & Bootlegging 1919-1933

1. Prohibition

2. Legalization of Prohibition

2.1. On January 1920 prohibition was made legal.

2.2. The Eighteenth Amendment of the U.S constitution & The Volstead Act (Author Andrew Volstead) made prohibition legal.

2.3. The tribe that was against prohibition was known as "The Wet."

3. Movements that supported Prohibition

3.1. The Woman's Christian Temperance Union

3.2. The Anti-Saloon League

3.2.1. Known as the "DRY"

4. Reasoning to support Prohibition

4.1. Complaints from wives about abusive and drunk husbands

4.2. Churches saw drunkenness as an act of evil

4.3. Men spent their money irresponsibly

5. Prohibition was suppose to....

5.1. Reduce Crime

5.1.1. Instead it helped to produce a huge crime wave

5.1.2. Also many gangs arrose

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9. Prohibition is the prevention by law placed on the sale,purchase,manufacture and transportation of alcoholic beverages.

10. Bootleggers

10.1. Bootleggers are people who smuggled alcohol across the country

10.2. Al Capone was the most famous bootlegger

11. Bootlegging

12. Bootlegging is the manufacturing, selling and transporting of unauthorized goods.

13. How the Bahamas benefited

13.1. Government cleared their debt

13.2. Treasury was filled

13.3. Increase in wages

13.4. Bahamian merchants became millionaires

13.5. Improvement on electricity plan

13.6. City water and sewage system were installed

13.7. Prince George Wharf was constructed

14. Created by:

14.1. Nadira Bowlin

14.2. Janique Ellis

14.3. Lotalenia Moss

15. Al Capone

15.1. The greatest botlegger

15.2. Mastermind of the St. Valentines Day Massacre

15.3. He was only arrested for tax evasion

15.4. He was freed because he had syphillis and later died from a cardiac arrest after suffering a stroke