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Prohibition

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prohibition
legal prohibiting of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic 1919 to 1933
temperance
habitual moderation in the indulgence of a natural appetite or passion
Women's Christian Temperance Union
first mass organization among women devoted to social reform, 1874
Anti-Saloon League of America
national organization, 1893 advocating prohibition of sale of alcohol
Prohibition Party
US political party, 1869, advocating prohibition of alcohol
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Eighteenth Amendment
amendment to US Constitution, 1918-1933, prohibiting sale of alcohol
Volstead Act
1919 act of Congress, by Andrew J. Volstead implementing 18th Amendment
bootlegger
distributors of alcoholic liquor unlawfully made, sold, or transported
bathtub gin
homemade gin, especially gin made illegally during Prohibition
rum runner
person or ship engaged in smuggling liquor
Canada
North American nation from which large amounts of alcohol were smuggled in
Great Depression
US economic crisis roughly beginning with 1929 stock-market crash
Twenty-first Amendment
amendment to US Constitution, ratified 1933, repealing Eighteenth Amendment
organized crime
gangs, mobs and underworld organizations
Carrie Nation
US temperance leader, saloon vandal, radical member of temperance movement
Al Capone
US gangster and Prohibition-era bootlegger, probably born in Italy

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