Prohibition

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_period
gptkb:public_policy
gptkbp:cause temperance movement
gptkbp:effect public health issues
bootlegging industry
corruption of law enforcement
development of cocktails
growth of organized crime
increase in illegal alcohol production
increase in speakeasies
loss of tax revenue
poisoning from unsafe alcohol
smuggling of alcohol
gptkbp:endDate 1933-12-05
gptkbp:enforcedBy gptkb:Volstead_Act
gptkb:18th_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:followedBy repeal of the 18th Amendment
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Prohibition
gptkbp:location gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:mediaType gptkb:Boardwalk_Empire_(TV_series)
gptkb:The_Untouchables_(film)
gptkb:Ken_Burns:_Prohibition_(documentary)
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:St._Valentine’s_Day_Massacre
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:Al_Capone
gptkb:Eliot_Ness
gptkbp:notableFor 1920
1933
gptkbp:opposedBy anti-prohibitionists
gptkbp:precededBy temperance movement
gptkbp:prohibits manufacture of alcoholic beverages
sale of alcoholic beverages
transportation of alcoholic beverages
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:18th_Amendment
gptkb:Volstead_Act
gptkb:21st_Amendment
gptkb:Prohibition_in_Canada
gptkb:Prohibition_in_Russia
temperance movement
speakeasy
dry counties
bootlegging
organized crime in the United States
gptkbp:repealedBy gptkb:21st_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:resultedIn rise of organized crime
speakeasies
bootlegging
gptkbp:startDate 1920-01-17
gptkbp:supportedBy temperance movement
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:High_Courts
gptkb:Ken_Burns
gptkb:Roaring_Twenties
gptkb:1932_United_States_presidential_election
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5