Prohibition Era

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_period
gptkbp:cause gptkb:ratification_of_the_18th_Amendment
temperance movement
gptkbp:effect rise of organized crime
speakeasies
bootlegging
increased law enforcement
gptkbp:endDate 1933
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Repeal_of_Prohibition
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Prohibition Era
gptkbp:legalBasis gptkb:Volstead_Act
gptkbp:location gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:mediaType gptkb:Boardwalk_Empire
gptkb:The_Untouchables
gptkb:Lawless
gptkbp:nickname The Noble Experiment
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:St._Valentine's_Day_Massacre
moonshining
rise of jazz culture
flapper culture
smuggling of alcohol
women's activism
bootlegging operations
increased corruption
rum-running
creation of speakeasies
enforcement by Bureau of Prohibition
increase in home brewing
industrial alcohol poisoning
medical alcohol exemptions
prohibition protests
prohibition raids
rise of mobsters
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:Al_Capone
gptkb:Eliot_Ness
gptkb:Carrie_Nation
gptkbp:precededBy temperance movement
gptkbp:prohibits sale of alcohol
manufacture of alcohol
transportation of alcohol
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Great_Depression
gptkb:Roaring_Twenties
gptkbp:relatedOrganization gptkb:Anti-Saloon_League
gptkb:Women's_Christian_Temperance_Union
gptkbp:repealedBy gptkb:21st_Amendment
gptkbp:startDate 1920
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:18th_Amendment_(US)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7