My thesis regards the extremely controversial era that dominated society in the 1920s. The Eighteenth Amendment was passed on January 17, 1919, which prohibited the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcohol in the United States. It was monumental as alcohol had been a part of American culture ever since the Pilgrims brought barrels of beer over on the Mayflower. A private right of citizens had been taken away and the affects that ensued changed society significantly. I wanted to know why the United States went so far as to outlaw the crafting of a beverage. It had a prolonging effect on several different aspects such as the economy, criminal justice system, popular culture, and changed the way people lived their lives. I end by relatin...
The subject dissertation examines the history of private and governmental efforts to limit, temper, ...
Prohibition occurred between the years 1920 to 1933. The United States Congress ratified the XVII am...
Spawned from years of social activism from the Temperance Movement, mostly on the part of women’s ri...
With the ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution in 1920, the United States bec...
Early nineteenth century Americans embraced a culture of drink that was embedded in all parts of lif...
National alcohol prohibition in the United States between 1920 and 1933 is believed widely to have b...
Why was national alcohol Prohibition repealed in the United States? Prohibition's repeal is unique i...
Interpreting the Prohibition Era at Museums and Historic Sites chronicles the rise and fall of one o...
Many in the early twentieth century believed alcohol to be responsible for the many problems plaguin...
Federal prohibition in the United States lasted from 1919 to 1933. During these fourteen years, crim...
Alcohol in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was one of the most divisive issues confront...
The 13-year American experiment with prohibition of alcohol (1919-1933) is notorious and has been ex...
At the dawn of national Prohibition, the movement had large support in national media; by repeal, th...
For decades prior to National Prohibition, the liquor question received attention from various tem...
In 1933 America decisively ended its ill-fated experiment in national prohibition by enacting the Tw...
The subject dissertation examines the history of private and governmental efforts to limit, temper, ...
Prohibition occurred between the years 1920 to 1933. The United States Congress ratified the XVII am...
Spawned from years of social activism from the Temperance Movement, mostly on the part of women’s ri...
With the ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution in 1920, the United States bec...
Early nineteenth century Americans embraced a culture of drink that was embedded in all parts of lif...
National alcohol prohibition in the United States between 1920 and 1933 is believed widely to have b...
Why was national alcohol Prohibition repealed in the United States? Prohibition's repeal is unique i...
Interpreting the Prohibition Era at Museums and Historic Sites chronicles the rise and fall of one o...
Many in the early twentieth century believed alcohol to be responsible for the many problems plaguin...
Federal prohibition in the United States lasted from 1919 to 1933. During these fourteen years, crim...
Alcohol in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was one of the most divisive issues confront...
The 13-year American experiment with prohibition of alcohol (1919-1933) is notorious and has been ex...
At the dawn of national Prohibition, the movement had large support in national media; by repeal, th...
For decades prior to National Prohibition, the liquor question received attention from various tem...
In 1933 America decisively ended its ill-fated experiment in national prohibition by enacting the Tw...
The subject dissertation examines the history of private and governmental efforts to limit, temper, ...
Prohibition occurred between the years 1920 to 1933. The United States Congress ratified the XVII am...
Spawned from years of social activism from the Temperance Movement, mostly on the part of women’s ri...