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Alcohol smuggling (known as rum-running or bootlegging) and illicit bars (speakeasies) became popular in many areas. Public sentiment began to turn against Prohibition during the 1920s, and 1932 Democratic presidential nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt called for its repeal.
The Prohibition era was the period from 1920 to 1933 when the United States prohibited the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages. [1] The alcohol industry was curtailed by a succession of state legislatures, and Prohibition was formally introduced nationwide under the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified on January 16, 1919.
Jerry W. Holbert (November 9, 1958 – August 2, 2022) was an American cartoonist best known for his political cartoons. Holbert had a syndicated editorial comic strip. He received the National Cartoonist Society Editorial Cartoon Award for the year 2000. Holbert was born in Long Branch, New Jersey on November 9, 1958, [1] and grew up in ...
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According to the print, the path to ruin starts with a singular social drink provided to the protagonist by "a woman of evidently questionable virtue". [16] [17] He then progresses to drinking to "keep the cold out" and then, subsequently, to intoxication. [17] At the fourth step, the protagonist starts to engage in violence while intoxicated. [17]
In honor of the upcoming election on November 8th, (don't forget to cast your vote!) take a break from this election and see how those before us have expressed themselves about issues of the time ...
This political cartoon published in the magazine Judge in 1903 is an early example of anti-Italian sentiment in print media. Early anti-Italian publications insisted that Italian immigrants were incapable of being integrated to American culture or adopting American values.
The Volstead Act implemented the 18th Amendment (Prohibition). The act defined "intoxicating beverage" as one with 0.5 percent alcohol by weight. Numerous problems with enforcement [1] and a desire to create jobs and raise tax revenue by legalizing beer, wine, and liquor [2] led a majority of voters and members of Congress to turn against Prohibition by late 1932.