Numbers
Volstead Act's definition of an illegal alcoholic beverage
0.5% alcohol and above
The power behind the Anti Saloon League
Wayne Wheeler
The most important short term cause of Prohibition
The Anti Saloon League founded in 1893
His nickname was scar face
Al Capone
This movement saw the Prohibition of alcohol in the same way as improving housing and working conditions for the poorest Americans.
The progressive movement
The lifespan of Prohibition
1920-1933
The hatchet and Bible lady
Carry Nation
The most significant long term cause of Prohibition
The Temperance Movement
The number of steps in the drunkard's progress
nine
tainted liquor
By 1830, the number of gallons of pure alcohol an American man, over 15 years old, was drinking, per year.
7 gallons
Better known as Lipstick
Lois Long
The two triggers to Prohibition
1913 income tax and 1917 entry in the First World War
The Anti Saloon League's motto
the saloon must go!
Watch out for solutions that end up worse than (what?)
the problems they were intended to solve.
Date of the Saint Valentine's Day massacre
14th February 1929
His gang members were the victims of the Saint Valentine's Day massacre
Bugs Moran
This splits people into two groups (in this case the wets and dries)
A wedge issue
Texas Guinan's famous catch phrase as a nightclub hostess
"Hello, Sucker! Come on in and leave your wallet on the bar."
Loss of revenue from Federal tax on alcohol
US$11 billion
Number of Prohibition Bureau agents to enforce Prohibition across America in 1920
1500
Moe Smith's partner
Izzy Einstein
Founded in Ohio in 1873
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Date the Great Gatsby was published
1925
Cost of enforcing Prohibition
US$300 million