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The roaring 1920's (2) (Prohibition (Becoming law (In 1917 the…

- - - - believed that workers would be more reliable if they did not drink
    - - got them votes in rural areas
- - - - Christians who saw the damage alcohol did to families
      - wanted to stop the damage
    - - Anti-Saloon League
      - Women's christian Temperance Union
      - Were so strong in rural areas that they persuaded their state government to prohibit the sale of alcohol within the state
      - Mostly women bcs. men were spending money on drinking and arrived home and beat women
    - - political
        
        voting moral values
      - war
        
        german brewery
      - christian beliefs
      - women getting beaten
      - industries wanting workers to not be drunk
      - making world better place
- - - - sin tax
      - price rises bcs. taxes rise
      - now ppl don't buy as much, don't drink as much
- - - - 1 prohibition officer for every 1000 ppl
- - - - made estimated 2 000 000 000
    - - Italian
      - Polish
      - Jewish
      - Irish
    - - 1926 Chicago
        
        130 murders
    - - well loved by community
      - St Valentine's day Massacre
      - famous(celebrity) everyone knew who he was and what he did
      - never caught for the murders
      - caught for taxes instead
      - died in prison