Prohibition era in the United States
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The Prohibition era in the United States was a nationwide constitutional ban on the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages from 1920 to 1933, which fueled organized crime, speakeasies, and significant social and political conflict.
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Target entity: Prohibition era in the United States Context triple: [Free State, associatedWithPeriod, Prohibition era in the United States]
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Roaring Twenties
The Roaring Twenties was a decade of economic prosperity, cultural dynamism, and social change in the 1920s, marked by jazz music, flapper culture, and rapid industrial growth, particularly in the United States and Western Europe.
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Gilded Age
The Gilded Age was a late 19th-century period in the United States marked by rapid industrialization, vast wealth accumulation, stark social inequality, and influential business magnates like Andrew Carnegie.
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Progressive Era
The Progressive Era was a period of widespread social activism and political reform in the United States, roughly from the 1890s to the 1920s, aimed at addressing problems caused by industrialization, urbanization, and political corruption.
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Interwar period
The Interwar period was the turbulent era between World War I and World War II marked by political upheaval, economic crises, and the rise of totalitarian regimes across Europe and beyond.
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Reconstruction era
The Reconstruction era was the period following the American Civil War when the United States attempted to reintegrate the seceded Southern states and redefine the legal and social status of formerly enslaved people.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Prohibition era in the United States Target entity description: The Prohibition era in the United States was a nationwide constitutional ban on the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages from 1920 to 1933, which fueled organized crime, speakeasies, and significant social and political conflict.
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A.
Roaring Twenties
The Roaring Twenties was a decade of economic prosperity, cultural dynamism, and social change in the 1920s, marked by jazz music, flapper culture, and rapid industrial growth, particularly in the United States and Western Europe.
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B.
Gilded Age
The Gilded Age was a late 19th-century period in the United States marked by rapid industrialization, vast wealth accumulation, stark social inequality, and influential business magnates like Andrew Carnegie.
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C.
Progressive Era
The Progressive Era was a period of widespread social activism and political reform in the United States, roughly from the 1890s to the 1920s, aimed at addressing problems caused by industrialization, urbanization, and political corruption.
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D.
Interwar period
The Interwar period was the turbulent era between World War I and World War II marked by political upheaval, economic crises, and the rise of totalitarian regimes across Europe and beyond.
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Reconstruction era
The Reconstruction era was the period following the American Civil War when the United States attempted to reintegrate the seceded Southern states and redefine the legal and social status of formerly enslaved people.
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Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical period
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policy era ⓘ |
| associatedEvent |
Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
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Wickersham Commission ⓘ |
| cause |
anti-saloon activism
ⓘ
religious revivalism ⓘ temperance movement ⓘ
surface form:
temperance movement in the United States
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| constitutionalAmendmentNumber | 18 ⓘ |
| constitutionalAmendmentNumberOfRepeal | 21 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| culturalLegacy |
gangster films in American cinema
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noir depictions of bootleggers and speakeasies ⓘ |
| economicContext | Great Depression ⓘ |
| effect |
black market for alcohol
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decline in tax revenues from alcohol ⓘ growth of bootlegging ⓘ increase in corruption among law enforcement ⓘ proliferation of speakeasies ⓘ public disillusionment with Prohibition laws ⓘ rise of organized crime in the United States ⓘ |
| endDate | 1933-12-05 ⓘ |
| governmentAgencyInvolved |
Internal Revenue Service
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surface form:
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Bureau of Prohibition ⓘ |
| governmentResponse | increased federal law enforcement powers ⓘ |
| HooverDescription | "a great social and economic experiment" ⓘ |
| influencedByOrganization |
American Temperance Society
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surface form:
Anti-Saloon League
Woman's Christian Temperance Union ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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National Prohibition Act ⓘ National Prohibition Act ⓘ
surface form:
Volstead Act
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| majorCriminalFigure |
Al Capone
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George Remus ⓘ Lucky Luciano ⓘ Meyer Lansky ⓘ |
| notablePresidentDuring |
Calvin Coolidge
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
surface form:
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover ⓘ Warren G. Harding ⓘ Woodrow Wilson ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
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many urban ethnic communities ⓘ |
| politicalIssueFor |
Democratic Party
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surface form:
Democratic Party (United States)
Republican Party ⓘ
surface form:
Republican Party (United States)
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| prohibitedActivity |
importation of alcoholic beverages
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production of alcoholic beverages ⓘ sale of alcoholic beverages ⓘ transportation of alcoholic beverages ⓘ |
| relatedLegislation |
Jones Law (1929)
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Webb–Kenyon Act ⓘ |
| repealedBy |
Twenty-First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
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surface form:
Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution
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| repealMotivation |
need for tax revenue during the Great Depression
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widespread public opposition ⓘ |
| repealProcess | state ratifying conventions ⓘ |
| socialPhenomenon |
flapper culture
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jazz age nightlife ⓘ speakeasy culture ⓘ |
| startDate | 1920-01-17 ⓘ |
| supportedBy |
many evangelical churches
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rural Protestant communities ⓘ |
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