New Ways of Life

_____________________: the ban on the manufacture, sale & transportation of liquor anywhere in the U.S. (January 1920)

- Woman’s Christian Temperance Union had worked to ban alcoholic beverages for nearly a _____________________

- _____ Amendment (Jan ‘19) took a year to finally go into action- In the 1920s, alcohol abuse was a serious problem & there was

hope the ___________________________

Evading the Law- Many Americans found ways to get around the law- People made their own booze _______________- Many smuggled liquor in from Canada/ Caribbean- Smugglers were known as ____________________ as they often hid bottles of liquor in their boots- _________________________ : illegal bars which opened in nearly every city & town - Often made drinking liquor more popular than ever- To enforce the band, gov’t sent out federal Prohibition agents known as ____________

who travelled across the U.S. shutting down speak-easies, ________________________& stopping smugglers

Organized Crime- Prohibition gave a huge boost to ___________________________- Every speak-easy needed a _________________________of liquor

- Professional criminals or ______________________took over this job- Bootleggers earned big $$ so crime became a big business

- Gangsters divided up cities & forced speak-easy owners in their territories to buy their liquor- Gangsters would use profits to bribe _____________, public officials & judges

Repeal of Prohibition- Americans began to think Prohibition was a mistake- The ban reduced drinking, but never stopped it- By the end of the decade, many Americans were calling for the repeal: cancellation of Prohibition- 1933—21st Amendment : repeals the 18th Amendment (only constitutional amend. that’s ever been repealed)