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The Woman’s Crusade (Woman’s Christian Temperance Union)
Women advocating for the usage against alcohol in Visitation Bands to protest saloons and petition drug stores who filled prescriptions. -
Anti-Saloon League
one of the first modern political movements in the United States -
The talk of the Eighteenth Amendment
The amendment provides legal provisions brought about by the Prohibition Era of the United States. Was ratified in 36 states -
The Volstead Act
prohibiting the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages and helped/ is connected to the Eighteenth amendment -
Meeting of League of Nations
The League of Nations is established with the ratification of the Treaty of Versailles, ending the hostilities of the first World War. In a final vote, the United States Senate again votes against joining the League. -
Nineteenth Amendment
Women are given the right to vote when the 19th Amendment to the United States constitution grants universal women's suffrage. -
The Great Depression starts
the stock market crash of 1929; the collapse of world trade due to the Smoot-Hawley Tariff; government policies; bank failures and panics; and the collapse of the money supply. -
Gang Violence
By this time gang violence is on the rise in nearly every city in the United States. -
The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
in the streets of Chicago, Al Capone has seven of Bugs Moran's men murdered. This era was known for its gang violence -
Twenty- First Amendment
Ended the prohibition on alcohol