1920s:Prohibition

SIMPSONS STYLE

Alcohol as a Societal Problem

Why did people believe alcohol was detrimental to society?

Make a lists of pros and cons of a ban

Describe what would happen if it wereto be discovered the Prohibition wasnever actually overturned and was brought back today.

Key Vocabulary

18th Amendment: Outlawed production and consumption of alcohol

Volstead Act: U.S. Treasury enforces Prohibition laws

Speakeasies: Illegal, Secret Bars

Bootleggers: Illegal producers of alcohol

Was it Successful?

Crime becomes big business through illegal sales

Smuggling commonplace

21st Amendment repeals Prohibition (1933)