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High Heeled Bootleggers: The Role Of Crawford And Cherokee County Women During Prohibition Kansas, Cadi Thornberg
High Heeled Bootleggers: The Role Of Crawford And Cherokee County Women During Prohibition Kansas, Cadi Thornberg
Theory and Practice: HIST430
Kansas has a long history in fighting for what they want. In the 1850s, prohibition became the topic of concern. Although the federal prohibition mandate in the United States did not begin until 1919 when the 18th amendment was ratified in Congress and signed off by President Harry S. Truman, it began in Kansas in 1880. The count was narrow, but Kansas was passed as a dry state. Because it was not a federal law, people habitually broke it or found ways around it. Up until the prohibition laws was federally passed, saloons filled the towns, especially in Crawford and …
Picher's Alcohol: Problems It Caused, Leigha Burns
Picher's Alcohol: Problems It Caused, Leigha Burns
Theory and Practice: HIST430
Alcohol played a major part in the life of a miner and in his community. The outlawing of alcohol in the country caused lots of things in the life of the miner and in his surrounding community. Across the country crime rates began to rise as more people were found with illegal alcohol or were arrested for altercations that they had been involved in because of being intoxicated.
Prohibition And The Effects On Social History In The Tri-State Area, Grant Laforge
Prohibition And The Effects On Social History In The Tri-State Area, Grant Laforge
Theory and Practice: HIST430
Today we as citizens of this country believe that rights and liberties rule the air. On January 16th, 1919 however, an amendment for prohibition was ratified, making alcohol consumption illegal. The whole country was affected by this amendment. In the East there were many organized crime related incidents related to prohibition. Other parts of the US that were affected by this amendment and bootlegging were prominent.