Alcohol Prohibition in the United States

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Alcohol_Prohibition_in_the_United_States
GPTKB entity
Statements (32)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Eighteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:endDate 1933-12-05
gptkbp:enforcedBy gptkb:Volstead_Act
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Alcohol Prohibition in the United States
gptkbp:legacy influence on American culture
creation of the Bureau of Prohibition
regulation of alcohol by states
influence on organized crime
gptkbp:location gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:Al_Capone
gptkb:Eliot_Ness
gptkb:Wayne_Wheeler
gptkbp:opposedBy Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
many urban populations
gptkbp:prohibits manufacture of alcoholic beverages
sale of alcoholic beverages
transportation of alcoholic beverages
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Great_Depression
gptkb:Roaring_Twenties
temperance movement
gptkbp:repealedBy gptkb:Twenty-first_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:resultedIn rise of organized crime
speakeasies
bootlegging
loss of tax revenue
increased law enforcement costs
gptkbp:startDate 1920-01-17
gptkbp:supportedBy gptkb:Anti-Saloon_League
gptkb:Women's_Christian_Temperance_Union
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Prohibition_of_drugs
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6