18TH AMENDMENT

PROPOSAL & RATIFICATION

• Proposed December 18, 1917.
• Ratified January 16,1919.
• Woodrow Wilson was President.
• The 21st amendment revoked the 18th.
• Was ultimately a bad idea.

TIME PERIOD IN HISTORY

• The Prohibition took place in the 1920's-1930's.
• The Great Depresion
• Mafia and Gangsters (Al Capone)
• Jazz age
• Klu Klux Klan

WHY WAS THE AMENDMENT PROPOSED?

• Temperance groups were pushing the idea, and were at an all time high.
• Was thought to lower the the crime rate.
• Was thought to increase work productivity
• They also needed the grain for the war effort to make alchol.
• Would raise the economy.

HOW THE AMENDMENT AFFECTED CULTURE

• Crime rate rose dramatically.
• Speakeasies were formed.
• Illegal gangs started distributing alchol.
• Couldn't enforce a drinking limit.
• Couldn't enforce a drinking age limit.

OLMSTEAD VS. U.S

• Roy Olmstead was a police officer who had accepted bribes.
• He eventually became a bootlegger.
• Known as "King of the Northwest Bootleggers"
• Became the largest bootlegger at the time.
• Was caught due to a phone tap in 1928.

HOW DOES THIS AMENDMENT EFFECT SOCIETY

• It was revoked so it doesn't effect society anymore.
• In the 1920's-1930's crime rate rose.
• Gangs were formed, distributing alchol.
• Illegal black markets rose to power.
• Alcohol distributing jobs were terminated affecting the economy.

HOW AMENDMENT WAS PASSED

• Was passed using the 1st method.
• 2/3 vote in each house of congress.
• 26/27 have been approved this way.