Section 1.
After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxication liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all the territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited
18th Amendment to the US Constitution
1899
Al Capone was born
Capone quits School
1913
1920
Prohibition put in place
1919
Capone moves to Chicago
Capone becomes boss of Chicago Outfit
1925
1927
One of Capones men becomes mayor
Arrested for tax evation
1931
Prohibition ends
1932
$ 818 400 000
per year from alcohol sales alone
sentenced to
in jail