Prohibition in the United States

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Prohibition_in_the_United_States

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:affectedIndustry	gptkb:law_enforcement brewing hospitality distilling
gptkbp:cause	ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment
gptkbp:effect	ban on manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages
gptkbp:endDate	1933-12-05
gptkbp:enforcedBy	gptkb:Volstead_Act
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Prohibition in the United States
gptkbp:legalBasis	gptkb:Volstead_Act gptkb:Eighteenth_Amendment
gptkbp:location	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:mediaType	gptkb:Boardwalk_Empire gptkb:The_Great_Gatsby gptkb:The_Untouchables gptkb:Lawless
gptkbp:notableFigure	gptkb:Al_Capone gptkb:Eliot_Ness gptkb:Carrie_Nation gptkb:Wayne_Wheeler
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:Anti-Saloon_League gptkb:Women's_Christian_Temperance_Union
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Great_Depression gptkb:Roaring_Twenties gptkb:Temperance_movement gptkb:Repeal_of_Prohibition
gptkbp:repealedBy	gptkb:Twenty-first_Amendment public opposition ineffectiveness 1933-12-05 loss of tax revenue economic necessity rise in crime
gptkbp:repealProcess	ratification of the Twenty-first Amendment
gptkbp:resultedIn	rise of organized crime speakeasies bootlegging loss of tax revenue increased law enforcement costs
gptkbp:significantEvent	gptkb:St._Valentine's_Day_Massacre rise of speakeasies creation of the Bureau of Prohibition increase in moonshine production poisoning of industrial alcohol smuggling from Canada
gptkbp:startDate	1920-01-17
gptkbp:supportedBy	gptkb:religious_organization temperance movement
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Eighteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution gptkb:Roaring_Twenties
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5