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Frances Willard and Annie Turner Wittenmyer founded this organization to protest alcohol because they wanted to protect their homes and families from the dangerous effects of alcohol. -
This Amendment passed through Congress with well over 2/3 votes. Congress then sent the Amendment to the states for their votes. -
46/48 states voted to ratify the Amendment so it was passed to be the 18th Amendment. -
This act passed after Congress overrode Woodrow Wilson's veto. The Volstead Act enforced the alcohol ban. -
Prohibition starting lead to bootlegging, speakeasies, and gangs like Al Capone's. -
Templeton, IA started to produce its bootleg rye. It was nicknamed, "The good stuff" by Al Capone himself. -
The market plummeted and this led to an economic collapse. Banks failed, people became unemployed, and panic set in. This is believed to be the cause of the Great Depression -
People starved, were unable to make money and wanted to drink their problems away. This was an issue because of the 18th Amendment. -
Prohibition was extremely ineffective, so the U.S. Congress proposed the 21st Amendment in order to cancel out the 18th Amendment. -
Franklin Roosevelt signed this act. This meant that selling and manufacturing low-alcohol beer and wine was now legal. This would serve as a temporary resolution while the 21st Amendment was in the process of being ratified. -
This act ended the 13 year ban on alcohol, but the beer and wine could only have 3.2% of alcohol in them to be legal. Even with the limits, this act led to celebration. Budweiser even sent a case of beer to Roosevelt. -
This ratification put an end to the 18th Amendment. High crime rates went down and America celebrated the repeal of the 18th Amendment. Some counties still remain "dry" and prohibit alcohol to this day.