Prohibition
Name: Elise Mason
Canadian History – First Research Notes: PART 2 (10 marks)
Essay Research Topic:
Prohibition in Canada
Article from an Online Database
Proper documentation for Article from Online Database:
"Prohibition." Gale Encyclopedia of American Law. Ed. Donna Batten. 3rd ed. Vol. 8. Detroit: Gale, 2010. 155-156. Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 6 Nov. 2012.
This website is a guide on how to document sources properly: http://www.studyguide.org/MLAdocumentation.htm
Point form summary of key ideas – in my own words: AT LEAST ONE PAGE
* Prohibition = the time in U.S. history when the making and selling of liquor were illegal (1920 to 1933) * Alcohol was only legal for those with medicinal or religious purposes * Prohibition movement began in the 1820s * Protestants saw the consumption of alcohol to be sinful and a destructive force in society * Prohibition party was founded in 1869, banned the making and selling of intoxicating liquor * Anti-Saloon League was formed in 1893, main goal was to pass state prohibition laws * Anti-Saloon League and other prohibition groups were against the consumption of alcohol for many reasons * Connected alcohol with the increasing number of “aliens” (foreigners) * Bias against foreigners was also combined with a fear of rural-dominated prohibition allies considering the increasing inner-city areas * Rural-dominated state legislatures made approval an unavoidable decision, and the Eighteenth Amendment (prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the United States) was approved on January 29, 1919 * Bars and other public drinking shops were also mixed with gambling and prostitution * Employers authorized prohibition to lessen manufacturing company mishaps and improve the productivity of workers * Prohibition was very operative in rural areas and smaller towns * Millions of people still went against Prohibition by drinking “medicinal whiskey” which was
Canadian History – First Research Notes: PART 2 (10 marks)
Essay Research Topic:
Prohibition in Canada
Article from an Online Database
Proper documentation for Article from Online Database:
"Prohibition." Gale Encyclopedia of American Law. Ed. Donna Batten. 3rd ed. Vol. 8. Detroit: Gale, 2010. 155-156. Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 6 Nov. 2012.
This website is a guide on how to document sources properly: http://www.studyguide.org/MLAdocumentation.htm
Point form summary of key ideas – in my own words: AT LEAST ONE PAGE
* Prohibition = the time in U.S. history when the making and selling of liquor were illegal (1920 to 1933) * Alcohol was only legal for those with medicinal or religious purposes * Prohibition movement began in the 1820s * Protestants saw the consumption of alcohol to be sinful and a destructive force in society * Prohibition party was founded in 1869, banned the making and selling of intoxicating liquor * Anti-Saloon League was formed in 1893, main goal was to pass state prohibition laws * Anti-Saloon League and other prohibition groups were against the consumption of alcohol for many reasons * Connected alcohol with the increasing number of “aliens” (foreigners) * Bias against foreigners was also combined with a fear of rural-dominated prohibition allies considering the increasing inner-city areas * Rural-dominated state legislatures made approval an unavoidable decision, and the Eighteenth Amendment (prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the United States) was approved on January 29, 1919 * Bars and other public drinking shops were also mixed with gambling and prostitution * Employers authorized prohibition to lessen manufacturing company mishaps and improve the productivity of workers * Prohibition was very operative in rural areas and smaller towns * Millions of people still went against Prohibition by drinking “medicinal whiskey” which was