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18th Amendment
The Senate proposed the 18th amendment, prohibiting the he sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol. -
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Prohibition in America
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Ratification of 18th amendment
After 36 states approved the 18st amendment, it was ratified on January 16, 1919. -
Legal bars
In 1919, a year before Prohibition went into effect, Cleveland had 1,200 legal bars. -
Put into effect
On January 17, 1920 (a year after it was ratified) the 18th amendment went into effect. -
Improvement
By 1921 The death rate from alcoholism was cut by 80 percent from pre-war levels. -
Illegal bars
By 1923, the city had an estimated 3,000 illegal speakeasies, along with 10,000 stills. -
Couldn't be Enforced
By 1925 half a dozen states including new york pased laws banning local police from investigating violations. -
Speakeasies
In 1927 a total of 30,000 illegal Speakeasies in the United States. -
Opponents
Opponents argue that alcohol consumption declined dramatically during Prohibition--by 30 to 50 percent. Deaths from cirrhosis of the liver for men fell from 29.5 per 100,000 in 1911 to 10.7 per 100,000 in 1929. -
Getting Worse
In 1932 a statemen was released by John D. Rockefeller saying that "drinking has generally increased, the speakeasy has replaced the saloon; a vast army of lawbreakers has been recruited and financed on a colossal scale." -
On it's way to Repeal
On March 23, 1933, President Franklin Roosevelt signed an amendment to the Volstead Act known as the Cullen-Harrison Act, allowing the manufacture and sale of "3.2 beer" -
21st Amendment
On December 5, 1933 the 21st amendment was ratified. This new amendment repealed the 18th amendment.