Image Source - Al Compone - FBI
Instructions
- Watch the Video - Prohibition: Banning alcohol was a bad idea (5:12)
- Explore the Library of Congress' Chronicling America - newspapers that have been digitized from this era
- Learn about one of the most notorious mobsters of this era, Al Capone
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers - Library of Congress
Chronicling America
This site allows you to search and view millions of historic American newspaper pages from 1789-1924. Search this collection to find newspaper articles about the 18th Amendment and prohibition.
A selection of articles related to the 18th Amendment and prohibition includes:
In addition, the Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room has created a series of topics guides to the newspapers in Chronicling America, including the following guides: Carrie Nation, "Saloon Smasher" and Temperance Lecturer, Brewers’ Campaign Against Prohibition, and Prohibition.
Chronicling America
This site allows you to search and view millions of historic American newspaper pages from 1789-1924. Search this collection to find newspaper articles about the 18th Amendment and prohibition.
A selection of articles related to the 18th Amendment and prohibition includes:
- "Prohibition Amendment Adopted by Senate," Evening Public Ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]), August 1, 1917.
- "Dry Amendment Passed House," Richmond Times-Dispatch. (Richmond, Va.), December 18, 1917.
- "Nation Goes Dry!" The Seattle Star. (Seattle, Wash.), January 16, 1919.
- "Country Dry from June 30 Next; First Nation to Take Step of Kind," The Evening World. (New York, N.Y.), January 16, 1919.
- "National Prohibition Enforcement Bill Becomes Law," Evening Capital News. (Boise, Idaho), October 28, 1919.
In addition, the Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room has created a series of topics guides to the newspapers in Chronicling America, including the following guides: Carrie Nation, "Saloon Smasher" and Temperance Lecturer, Brewers’ Campaign Against Prohibition, and Prohibition.