Prohibition

1832

Under its terms, states were allowed to set their own laws for the control of alcohol. Between 1832 and 1953, federal legislation prohibited the sale of alcohol to Native Americans, with very limited success.

1840

By the 1840s the temperance movement was actively encouraging individuals to immediately stop drinking.

1847

(2003). Ernest Cherrington, ed., Standard Encyclopaedia of the Alcohol Problem 6 volumes (1925–1930), comprehensive international coverage to late 1920s. Farness, Kate, "One Half So Precious", Dodd, Mead, and Company, (1995). Jessie Forsyth Collected Writings of Jessie Forsyth 1847–1937: The Good Templars and Temperance Reform on Three Continents ed by David M.

1854

The impotence of legislation in this field was demonstrated when the Sale of Beer Act 1854, which restricted Sunday opening hours, had to be repealed, following widespread rioting.

1870

However, the issue of slavery, and then the Civil War, overshadowed the temperance movement until the 1870s. Prohibition was a major reform movement from the 1870s until the 1920s, when nationwide prohibition went into effect.

1873

The Women's Crusade of 1873 and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), founded in 1874, were means through which certain women organized and demanded political action, well before they were granted the vote.

1874

The Women's Crusade of 1873 and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), founded in 1874, were means through which certain women organized and demanded political action, well before they were granted the vote.

1876

In 1922, he defeated incumbent Liberal member Winston Churchill; winning the seat for the Scottish Prohibition Party, which he had founded in 1901, and for which he had stood for election successfully as a Dundee Burgh Councillor in 1905 and unsuccessfully as a parliamentary candidate between 1908 and 1922. ===North America=== ====Canada==== Indigenous peoples in Canada were subject to prohibitory alcohol laws under the Indian Act of 1876.

1880

History of the Finnish Temperance Movement: Temperance As a Civic Religion (1991). Tyrrell, Ian; Woman's World/Woman's Empire: The Woman's Christian Temperance Union in International Perspective, 1880–1930 U of North Carolina Press, (1991). Mark Thornton, "Alcohol Prohibition was a Failure," Policy Analysis, Washington DC: Cato Institute, 1991. Mark Thornton, The Economics of Prohibition, Salt Lake City, UT: University of Utah Press, 1991. White, Helene R.

1890

The experiment began in 1890 and was repealed in 1939. ====South Africa==== During the coronavirus outbreak of 2020, alcohol sales, and even the transportation of alcohol outside of one's home, was made illegal.

Penalties for transporting alcohol into these "dry" communities are severe and can result in confiscation of any vehicles involved; in dry areas within the Northern Territory, all vehicles used to transport alcohol are seized. ====New Zealand==== In New Zealand, prohibition was a moralistic reform movement begun in the mid-1880s by the Protestant evangelical and Nonconformist churches and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and after 1890 by the Prohibition League.

1898

Sections of the Indian Act regarding liquor were not repealed for over a hundred years, until 1985. An official, but non-binding, federal referendum on prohibition was held in 1898.

1901

In 1922, he defeated incumbent Liberal member Winston Churchill; winning the seat for the Scottish Prohibition Party, which he had founded in 1901, and for which he had stood for election successfully as a Dundee Burgh Councillor in 1905 and unsuccessfully as a parliamentary candidate between 1908 and 1922. ===North America=== ====Canada==== Indigenous peoples in Canada were subject to prohibitory alcohol laws under the Indian Act of 1876.

1905

In 1922, he defeated incumbent Liberal member Winston Churchill; winning the seat for the Scottish Prohibition Party, which he had founded in 1901, and for which he had stood for election successfully as a Dundee Burgh Councillor in 1905 and unsuccessfully as a parliamentary candidate between 1908 and 1922. ===North America=== ====Canada==== Indigenous peoples in Canada were subject to prohibitory alcohol laws under the Indian Act of 1876.

1907

This heavily influenced the decisions of Nordic politicians in the early 20th century. In 1907, the Faroe Islands passed a law prohibiting all sale of alcohol, which was in force until 1992.

One notable example was the southern city of Invercargill, which was dry from 1907 to 1943.

1908

In 1922, he defeated incumbent Liberal member Winston Churchill; winning the seat for the Scottish Prohibition Party, which he had founded in 1901, and for which he had stood for election successfully as a Dundee Burgh Councillor in 1905 and unsuccessfully as a parliamentary candidate between 1908 and 1922. ===North America=== ====Canada==== Indigenous peoples in Canada were subject to prohibitory alcohol laws under the Indian Act of 1876.

1910

As an example, in 1910 the temperance organisations in Sweden had some 330,000 members, which was about 6% of a population of 5.5 million.

As a result, Canadian prohibition was instead enacted through laws passed by the provinces during the first twenty years of the 20th century, especially during the 1910s.

1911

In 1911, King O'Malley, then Minister of Home Affairs, shepherded laws through Parliament preventing new issue or transfer of licences to sell alcohol, to address unruly behaviour among workers building the new capital city.

Prohibition had a majority in a national referendum in 1911, but needed a 60% vote to pass.

1913

By 1913, 9 states had statewide prohibition and 31 others had local option laws in effect.

1914

Very restricted private importation from Denmark was allowed from 1928 onwards. In 1914, Sweden put in place a rationing system, the Bratt System, in force until 1955.

Private import when travelling from Denmark is only allowed in small quantities. ====Russian Empire and the Soviet Union==== In the Russian Empire, a limited version of a Dry Law was introduced in 1914.

At the meeting, Lord Channing said that it was a pity that the whole Cabinet did not follow the example of King George V and Lord Kitchener when in 1914 those two spoke calling for complete prohibition for the duration of the war. Edwin Scrymgeour served as Member of Parliament for Dundee between 15 November 1922 and 8 October 1931.

1915

A referendum in 1922 rejected an attempt to enforce total prohibition. In 1915, Iceland instituted total prohibition.

1916

The ban for wine was lifted in 1922 and spirits in 1935, but beer remained prohibited until 1989 (circumvented by mixing light beer and spirits). In 1916, Norway prohibited distilled beverages, and in 1917 the prohibition was extended to also include fortified wine and beer.

1917

The ban for wine was lifted in 1922 and spirits in 1935, but beer remained prohibited until 1989 (circumvented by mixing light beer and spirits). In 1916, Norway prohibited distilled beverages, and in 1917 the prohibition was extended to also include fortified wine and beer.

The League then turned their efforts toward attaining a constitutional amendment and grassroots support for nationwide prohibition. A new constitutional amendment submitted by Congress in December 1917 prohibited "the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes".

1918

Canada did, however, enact a national prohibition from 1918 to 1920 as a temporary wartime measure.

1919

The wine and beer ban was lifted in 1923, and in 1927 the ban of distilled beverages was also lifted. In 1919, Finland enacted prohibition, as one of the first acts after independence from the Russian Empire.

The 18th amendment was ratified in 1919, and was repealed in December 1933 with the ratification of the Twenty-first Amendment. Concern over excessive alcohol consumption began during the American colonial era, when fines were imposed for drunken behavior and for selling liquor without a license.

The amendment was ratified and became law on January 16, 1919.

On October 28, 1919, Congress passed the National Prohibition Act, also known as the Volstead Act, which provided enabling legislation to implement the 18th Amendment.

1920

Prohibition generally came to an end in the late 1920s or early 1930s in most of North America and Europe, although a few locations continued prohibition for many more years. In some countries where the dominant religion forbids the use of alcohol, the production, sale, and consumption of alcoholic beverages is prohibited or restricted today.

Canada did, however, enact a national prohibition from 1918 to 1920 as a temporary wartime measure.

The provinces later repealed their prohibition laws, mostly during the 1920s, although some local municipalities remain dry. ====Mexico==== Some communities in the Chiapas state of southern Mexico are under the control of the libertarian socialist Zapatista Army of National Liberation, and often ban alcohol as part of what was described as "a collective decision".

Nationwide Prohibition did not begin in the United States until January 1920, when the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S.

However, the issue of slavery, and then the Civil War, overshadowed the temperance movement until the 1870s. Prohibition was a major reform movement from the 1870s until the 1920s, when nationwide prohibition went into effect.

After a year's required delay, national prohibition began on January 16, 1920. The illicit market soon grew to about two-thirds its pre-Prohibition levels.

The movement kept trying in the 1920s, losing three more referenda by close votes; it managed to keep in place a 6 p.m.

(2003). Ernest Cherrington, ed., Standard Encyclopaedia of the Alcohol Problem 6 volumes (1925–1930), comprehensive international coverage to late 1920s. Farness, Kate, "One Half So Precious", Dodd, Mead, and Company, (1995). Jessie Forsyth Collected Writings of Jessie Forsyth 1847–1937: The Good Templars and Temperance Reform on Three Continents ed by David M.

1922

A referendum in 1922 rejected an attempt to enforce total prohibition. In 1915, Iceland instituted total prohibition.

The ban for wine was lifted in 1922 and spirits in 1935, but beer remained prohibited until 1989 (circumvented by mixing light beer and spirits). In 1916, Norway prohibited distilled beverages, and in 1917 the prohibition was extended to also include fortified wine and beer.

At the meeting, Lord Channing said that it was a pity that the whole Cabinet did not follow the example of King George V and Lord Kitchener when in 1914 those two spoke calling for complete prohibition for the duration of the war. Edwin Scrymgeour served as Member of Parliament for Dundee between 15 November 1922 and 8 October 1931.

In 1922, he defeated incumbent Liberal member Winston Churchill; winning the seat for the Scottish Prohibition Party, which he had founded in 1901, and for which he had stood for election successfully as a Dundee Burgh Councillor in 1905 and unsuccessfully as a parliamentary candidate between 1908 and 1922. ===North America=== ====Canada==== Indigenous peoples in Canada were subject to prohibitory alcohol laws under the Indian Act of 1876.

1923

The wine and beer ban was lifted in 1923, and in 1927 the ban of distilled beverages was also lifted. In 1919, Finland enacted prohibition, as one of the first acts after independence from the Russian Empire.

1927

The wine and beer ban was lifted in 1923, and in 1927 the ban of distilled beverages was also lifted. In 1919, Finland enacted prohibition, as one of the first acts after independence from the Russian Empire.

1928

Very restricted private importation from Denmark was allowed from 1928 onwards. In 1914, Sweden put in place a rationing system, the Bratt System, in force until 1955.

The Federal Parliament repealed the laws after residents of the Federal Capital Territory voted for the end of them in a 1928 plebiscite. Since then, some state governments and local councils have enacted dry areas.

1929

Bootlegging became a major business activity for organized crime groups, under leaders such as Al Capone in Chicago and Lucky Luciano in New York City. Prohibition lost support during the Great Depression, from 1929.

1930

Prohibition generally came to an end in the late 1920s or early 1930s in most of North America and Europe, although a few locations continued prohibition for many more years. In some countries where the dominant religion forbids the use of alcohol, the production, sale, and consumption of alcoholic beverages is prohibited or restricted today.

1931

At the meeting, Lord Channing said that it was a pity that the whole Cabinet did not follow the example of King George V and Lord Kitchener when in 1914 those two spoke calling for complete prohibition for the duration of the war. Edwin Scrymgeour served as Member of Parliament for Dundee between 15 November 1922 and 8 October 1931.

1932

After a development similar to the one in the United States during its prohibition, with large-scale smuggling and increasing violence and crime rates, public opinion turned against the prohibition, and after a national referendum where 70% voted for a repeal of the law, prohibition was abolished in early 1932. Today, all Nordic countries except Denmark continue to have strict controls on the sale of alcohol, which is highly taxed (dutied) to the public.

1933

The 18th amendment was ratified in 1919, and was repealed in December 1933 with the ratification of the Twenty-first Amendment. Concern over excessive alcohol consumption began during the American colonial era, when fines were imposed for drunken behavior and for selling liquor without a license.

Repeal of Prohibition in the United States was accomplished with the ratification of the Twenty-first Amendment on December 5, 1933.

1935

The ban for wine was lifted in 1922 and spirits in 1935, but beer remained prohibited until 1989 (circumvented by mixing light beer and spirits). In 1916, Norway prohibited distilled beverages, and in 1917 the prohibition was extended to also include fortified wine and beer.

1939

The experiment began in 1890 and was repealed in 1939. ====South Africa==== During the coronavirus outbreak of 2020, alcohol sales, and even the transportation of alcohol outside of one's home, was made illegal.

1943

One notable example was the southern city of Invercargill, which was dry from 1907 to 1943.

1947

Alcoholic beverages are available only to foreign tourists on resort islands and may not be taken off the resort. ====Pakistan==== Pakistan allowed the free sale and consumption of alcohol for three decades from 1947, but restrictions were introduced by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto just weeks before he was removed as prime minister in 1977.

1953

Under its terms, states were allowed to set their own laws for the control of alcohol. Between 1832 and 1953, federal legislation prohibited the sale of alcohol to Native Americans, with very limited success.

1955

Members of religious minorities, however, often sell their liquor permits to Muslims as part of a continuing black market trade in alcohol. ====Sri Lanka==== In 1955 Sri Lanka passed a law prohibiting adult women from buying alcohol.

Very restricted private importation from Denmark was allowed from 1928 onwards. In 1914, Sweden put in place a rationing system, the Bratt System, in force until 1955.

1960

Eagleton Institute Rutgers University 1960). Samuel C.

1967

closing hour remained until October 1967 when it was extended to 10 p.m. For many years, referenda were held for individual towns or electorates, often coincident with general elections.

1970

New York: Overlook Press, 1970. Daniel Okrent.

1971

Cambridge: Da Capo Press, 1971. Moore, Lucy.

1977

Alcoholic beverages are available only to foreign tourists on resort islands and may not be taken off the resort. ====Pakistan==== Pakistan allowed the free sale and consumption of alcohol for three decades from 1947, but restrictions were introduced by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto just weeks before he was removed as prime minister in 1977.

1979

The legalization was overruled by President Maithripala Sirisena several days later. ===West Asia=== ====Iran==== Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the sale and consumption of alcohol is banned in Iran.

1985

Sections of the Indian Act regarding liquor were not repealed for over a hundred years, until 1985. An official, but non-binding, federal referendum on prohibition was held in 1898.

1989

The ban for wine was lifted in 1922 and spirits in 1935, but beer remained prohibited until 1989 (circumvented by mixing light beer and spirits). In 1916, Norway prohibited distilled beverages, and in 1917 the prohibition was extended to also include fortified wine and beer.

1991

History of the Finnish Temperance Movement: Temperance As a Civic Religion (1991). Tyrrell, Ian; Woman's World/Woman's Empire: The Woman's Christian Temperance Union in International Perspective, 1880–1930 U of North Carolina Press, (1991). Mark Thornton, "Alcohol Prohibition was a Failure," Policy Analysis, Washington DC: Cato Institute, 1991. Mark Thornton, The Economics of Prohibition, Salt Lake City, UT: University of Utah Press, 1991. White, Helene R.

(ed.), Society, Culture and Drinking Patterns Reexamined, New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers Center of Alcohol Studies, 1991. White, Stephen.Russia Goes Dry: Alcohol, State and Society (1995). Robert S.

1992

This heavily influenced the decisions of Nordic politicians in the early 20th century. In 1907, the Faroe Islands passed a law prohibiting all sale of alcohol, which was in force until 1992.

2010

In the 2010 elections, the liquor ban was a minimum two days; in the 2013 elections, there was a proposal that it be extended to five days.

New York: Scribner, 2010. Sulkunen, Irma.

2012

Sales of alcohol via "electronic channels" (internet) are prohibited. ===Europe=== ====Czech Republic==== On 14 September 2012, the Government of the Czech Republic banned all sales of alcoholic drinks with more than 20% alcohol.

The last bans on Czech alcohol with regard to the poisoning cases were lifted on 10 October 2012, when neighbouring Slovakia and Poland allowed its import once again. ====Nordic countries==== The Nordic countries, with the exception of Denmark, have had a strong temperance movement since the late-1800s, closely linked to the Christian revival movement of the late-nineteenth century, but also to several worker organisations.

2013

In the 2010 elections, the liquor ban was a minimum two days; in the 2013 elections, there was a proposal that it be extended to five days.

2018

In January 2018, Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera announced that the law would be amended, allowing women to legally consume alcohol and work in venues that sell alcohol.

2020

The experiment began in 1890 and was repealed in 1939. ====South Africa==== During the coronavirus outbreak of 2020, alcohol sales, and even the transportation of alcohol outside of one's home, was made illegal.

This order came into effect during the nationwide lockdown on 27 March 2020.




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