Bureau of Prohibition

GPTKB entity

Statements (55)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf government agency
gptkbp:affiliatedWith gptkb:Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation
gptkbp:analyzes bootlegging
undercover operations
illegal breweries
gptkbp:associatedWith organized crime
social movements
federal raids
gptkbp:collaboratedWith local law enforcement
gptkbp:community negative publicity
gptkbp:createdBy Volstead Act
gptkbp:culturalImpact influence_on_American_culture
gptkbp:dissolved 1933
gptkbp:enforces corruption
raids
gptkbp:famousFor speakeasies
gptkbp:formed 1919
gptkbp:headCoach Prohibition Administrator
gptkbp:headquarteredIn 1919
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:historicalContext Great Depression
gptkbp:historicalFigures gptkb:Harry_J._Anslinger
gptkbp:historicalImpact shaping modern alcohol laws
gptkbp:historicalPeriod effectiveness of Prohibition
gptkbp:historicalRole law enforcement agency
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Prohibition enforcement
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bureau of Prohibition
gptkbp:influencedBy temperance movement
gptkbp:jurisdiction gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:keyPeople gptkb:John_Edgar_Hoover
gptkbp:legacy impact on law enforcement
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:National_Prohibition_Act
Eighteenth Amendment
Noble Experiment
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:St._Valentine's_Day_Massacre
Whiskey Rebellion
public resistance
gptkbp:notableFigures gptkb:Eliot_Ness
gptkbp:notableOperations Operation Underworld
gptkbp:operatedBy 1933
gptkbp:operationalStatus limited resources
1919-1933
collaboration with informants
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Department_of_the_Treasury
gptkbp:primaryFunction regulation of alcohol
gptkbp:publicAccess failure to curb crime
gptkbp:publications reports
gptkbp:publicPerception controversial
gptkbp:purpose enforcement of Prohibition
gptkbp:relatedEvent Great American Beer Festival
gptkbp:relatedPatent smuggling
alcohol control policies
gptkbp:relatedTo Prohibition era
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Alcohol_and_Tobacco_Tax_and_Trade_Bureau
gptkbp:training illegal alcohol production