Table of Contents
Introduction 9
Chapter 1 The American way 11
Growing Issues of Drunkenness 12
The First Line of Opposition 13
Mixed Emotions 18
Temperance Societies 18
Chapter 2 In the Business of Booze 21
Liquor and Low Spirits 23
Sips, Shops, and Docs 23
Saloons and bars 23
Shops and sellers 25
Doctors and prescribers 27
Chapter 3 Stirring Up the Opposition 31
Parties, Leagues, and More 31
Mixing church and state 31
The Prohibition Party 32
The Anti-Saloon League 33
Females' Fight 35
Women's Christian Temperance Union 38
Efforts spread from east to west 40
Mistreatment 41
More important women 43
Chapter 4 Amending National Law 47
The Eighteenth Amendment 48
Terms of the amendment 49
Opposition and Enforcement 50
The Volstead Act 52
The Bureau of Prohibition 53
Exclusions and Exceptions 55
Chapter 5 Organized Chaos 57
Alcohol-Related Crimes 57
Bootleggers, rum-running, and smuggling 59
The Shiners 61
Crime turns violent 66
Other notable gangsters 70
Speakeasies and flappers 74
The Effect on Families 78
Comparing Consumption 80
Chapter 6 The Repeal 83
The Twenty-First Amendment 84
The Great Depression 87
Prohibition's penny pinchers 90
Party in the U.S.A.-for Some 90
The "Wet Block" of Congress 92
The Dry Party goes home 94
Chapter 7 Legal Lessons in Liquor 97
The Industry in the Aftermath 97
Brewing up a storm 99
Moonshining matures 101
Organized crime evolves 102
Alcohol in Advertising and Media 104
The Distilled Spirits Council and "the code" 105
Chapter 8 The Fight for Right 109
The Temperance Movement Post-Repeal 110
Women's Movements Post-Repeal 111
Chapter 9 50 Years Later 117
The National Minimum Drinking Age Act 119
Alcohol, Acronyms, and Aftereffects 122
Short-term effects 124
Long-term effects 126
Combatting Alcohol Abuse 128
Chapter 10 100 Years Later 131
Current Laws 131
Alcohol detecting and inhibiting inventions 132
Blue laws and dry counties 134
Modern Movements 136
The Prohibition Party today 137
Mothers Against Drunk Driving 137
Yes, Alcohol is a Drug 139
Drug Abuse Resistance Education 141
Stay woke, stay alive 141
Conclusion 145
Timeline 147
Bibliography 157
Image Citations 168
Glossary 175
Index 181
About the Author 185
