Prohibition era in the United States

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The Prohibition era in the United States was a nationwide constitutional ban on the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages from 1920 to 1933, which fueled organized crime, speakeasies, and significant social and political conflict.

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instanceOf historical period
policy era
associatedEvent Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
Wickersham Commission
cause anti-saloon activism
religious revivalism
temperance movement in the United States
linked to: temperance movement
constitutionalAmendmentNumber 18
constitutionalAmendmentNumberOfRepeal 21
country United States
culturalLegacy gangster films in American cinema
noir depictions of bootleggers and speakeasies
economicContext Great Depression
effect black market for alcohol
decline in tax revenues from alcohol
growth of bootlegging
increase in corruption among law enforcement
proliferation of speakeasies
public disillusionment with Prohibition laws
rise of organized crime in the United States
endDate 1933-12-05
governmentAgencyInvolved Bureau of Internal Revenue
Bureau of Prohibition
governmentResponse increased federal law enforcement powers
HooverDescription "a great social and economic experiment"
influencedByOrganization Anti-Saloon League
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
legalBasis Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
National Prohibition Act
Volstead Act
majorCriminalFigure Al Capone
George Remus
Lucky Luciano
Meyer Lansky
notablePresidentDuring Calvin Coolidge
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Warren G. Harding
Woodrow Wilson
opposedBy Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
many urban ethnic communities
politicalIssueFor Democratic Party (United States)
linked to: Democratic Party

Republican Party (United States)
linked to: Republican Party
prohibitedActivity importation of alcoholic beverages
production of alcoholic beverages
sale of alcoholic beverages
transportation of alcoholic beverages
relatedLegislation Jones Law (1929)
Webb–Kenyon Act
repealedBy Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution
repealMotivation need for tax revenue during the Great Depression
widespread public opposition
repealProcess state ratifying conventions
socialPhenomenon flapper culture
jazz age nightlife
speakeasy culture
startDate 1920-01-17
supportedBy many evangelical churches
rural Protestant communities

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Al Capone activeIn Prohibition era
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Scarface associatedWithEvent Prohibition in the United States
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Mae Capone livedDuring Prohibition era in the United States
Frank Nitti era Prohibition era
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Alphonse Capone era Prohibition era
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temperance movement influenced Prohibition in the United States
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Machine Gun Kelly activeDuring Prohibition era
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Beaulieu Vineyard survivedEvent Prohibition in the United States
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Boardwalk Empire settingEra Prohibition era
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Boardwalk Empire theme Prohibition
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The Roaring Twenties settingPeriod Prohibition era
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Joe Adonis timePeriod Prohibition era
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Ken Burns notableWork Prohibition
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Dutch Schultz activeDuring Prohibition era
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The Cotton Club setInTimePeriod Prohibition era
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Saint Valentine's Day Massacre era Prohibition era
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Wickersham Commission influencedBy Prohibition in the United States
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Bureau of Prohibition operatingPeriod Prohibition era
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Webb–Kenyon Act empowered U.S. states to enforce dry laws against imported liquor
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George Remus era Prohibition era in the United States
Some Like It Hot setting Prohibition-era United States
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Little Caesar timePeriodDepicted Prohibition era
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Italian-American Mafia benefitedFromEvent Prohibition in the United States
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Outfit notableEra Prohibition era
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North Side Gang historicalContext United States Prohibition (1920–1933)
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Dean O’Banion era Prohibition era
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Frank Nitti era Prohibition era
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George Clarence Moran participantIn Prohibition in the United States
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George Clarence Moran era Prohibition era in the United States
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Anti-Saloon League movement Prohibition movement in the United States
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Carry Nation movement Prohibition movement in the United States
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George R. Kelly era Prohibition era
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The Wettest County in the World mainSubject Prohibition in the United States
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Jack Bondurant era Prohibition era
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Howard Bondurant historicalContext United States Prohibition
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