Prohibition era in the United States

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historical period policy era

The Prohibition era in the United States was a nationwide constitutional ban on the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages from 1920 to 1933, which fueled organized crime, speakeasies, and significant social and political conflict.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical period → policy era →
associatedEvent	Saint Valentine's Day Massacre → Wickersham Commission →
cause	anti-saloon activism → religious revivalism → temperance movement in the United States →
constitutionalAmendmentNumber	18 →
constitutionalAmendmentNumberOfRepeal	21 →
country	United States →
culturalLegacy	gangster films in American cinema → noir depictions of bootleggers and speakeasies →
economicContext	Great Depression →
effect	black market for alcohol → decline in tax revenues from alcohol → growth of bootlegging → increase in corruption among law enforcement → proliferation of speakeasies → public disillusionment with Prohibition laws → rise of organized crime in the United States →
endDate	1933-12-05 →
governmentAgencyInvolved	Bureau of Internal Revenue → Bureau of Prohibition →
governmentResponse	increased federal law enforcement powers →
HooverDescription	"a great social and economic experiment" →
influencedByOrganization	Anti-Saloon League → Woman's Christian Temperance Union →
legalBasis	Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution → National Prohibition Act → Volstead Act →
majorCriminalFigure	Al Capone → George Remus → Lucky Luciano → Meyer Lansky →
notablePresidentDuring	Calvin Coolidge → Franklin D. Roosevelt → Herbert Hoover → Warren G. Harding → Woodrow Wilson →
opposedBy	Association Against the Prohibition Amendment → many urban ethnic communities →
politicalIssueFor	Democratic Party (United States) → Republican Party (United States) →
prohibitedActivity	importation of alcoholic beverages → production of alcoholic beverages → sale of alcoholic beverages → transportation of alcoholic beverages →
relatedLegislation	Jones Law (1929) → Webb–Kenyon Act →
repealedBy	Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution →
repealMotivation	need for tax revenue during the Great Depression → widespread public opposition →
repealProcess	state ratifying conventions →
socialPhenomenon	flapper culture → jazz age nightlife → speakeasy culture →
startDate	1920-01-17 →
supportedBy	many evangelical churches → rural Protestant communities →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alphonse Capone ("Prohibition era") → Frank Nitti ("Prohibition era") →	era
Machine Gun Kelly ("Prohibition era") →	activeDuring
Al Capone ("Prohibition era") →	activeIn
Fourth Party System ("Prohibition movement") →	associatedWith
Scarface ("Prohibition in the United States") →	associatedWithEvent
Free State →	associatedWithPeriod
Scarface ("Prohibition era") →	eraOfProminence
temperance movement ("Prohibition in the United States") →	influenced
Mae Capone →	livedDuring
Beaulieu Vineyard ("Prohibition in the United States") →	survivedEvent