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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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Prohibition era	20
Prohibition in the United States	8
Prohibition era in the United States canonical	4
Prohibition	2
Prohibition movement in the United States	2
Prohibition movement	1
Prohibition-era United States	1
U.S. states to enforce dry laws against imported liquor	1
United States Prohibition	1
United States Prohibition (1920–1933)	1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical period ⓘ policy era ⓘ
associatedEvent	Saint Valentine's Day Massacre ⓘ Wickersham Commission ⓘ
cause	anti-saloon activism ⓘ religious revivalism ⓘ temperance movement ⓘ surface form: temperance movement in the United States
constitutionalAmendmentNumber	18 ⓘ
constitutionalAmendmentNumberOfRepeal	21 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: 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	Internal Revenue Service ⓘ surface form: Bureau of Internal Revenue Bureau of Prohibition ⓘ
governmentResponse	increased federal law enforcement powers ⓘ
HooverDescription	"a great social and economic experiment" ⓘ
influencedByOrganization	American Temperance Society ⓘ surface form: Anti-Saloon League Woman's Christian Temperance Union ⓘ
legalBasis	Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ National Prohibition Act ⓘ National Prohibition Act ⓘ surface form: Volstead Act
majorCriminalFigure	Al Capone ⓘ George Remus ⓘ Lucky Luciano ⓘ Meyer Lansky ⓘ
notablePresidentDuring	Calvin Coolidge ⓘ President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt Herbert Hoover ⓘ Warren G. Harding ⓘ Woodrow Wilson ⓘ
opposedBy	Association Against the Prohibition Amendment ⓘ many urban ethnic communities ⓘ
politicalIssueFor	Democratic Party ⓘ surface form: Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party ⓘ surface form: 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 U.S. Constitution ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ

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