Prohibition

﻿ PROHIBITION

History: Prohibition was a time when manufacturing, selling, and transporting liquor was no longer legal. This lasted about fourteen years. "An Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was repealed" for the first time. (Rosenberg

﻿ The Rebels (Bootleggers, Moonshiners, and Rumrunners): "Bootleggers", "moonshiners", and "rumrunners" were all part of the illegal business with alcohol during the prohibition. The "bootleggers" dealt the alcohol, the "moonshiners" manufactured the alcohol, and the rumrunners transported the alcohol. This business was huge! The guys behind it made themselves a name, not just local, but pretty wide spread. (Altman. 19)

﻿The Temperance Movement: Money, illness, murder, saloons, crime, these were all the actions that alcohol got blamed for. The Temperance movement was trying to keep people safe, and keep people from getting hurt and going to jail because they decided to drink too much. Many "members of the Temperance movement" felt that he males in families were spending a lot of money on alcohol; this could get in the way of having money for actual needs. (Rosenberg)