Prohibition

It was abolished in 1933 as the 21st ammendment to the constitution.

These were because of its effects which included;

Organised crime

Moonshine

Bribery

corruption

protests

Bootlegging

He sold alcohol illegally.

Because it was near Ontario, from which alcohol could be easily obtained, and had good modes of transportation.

People used many techniques to circumvent National Prohibition. They made their own alcoholic beverages, they went to speakeasies, they brought alcohol across the border from Canada, they bought from bootleggers, etc.

It was one measure to stop the funding of the Germans, its like liberty cabbage or something like that.

History in the United States of America during the early 1920s would change forever. On the early morning of January 16, 1919 America went dry. President Woodrow Wilson and many others saw drinking becoming a serious problem. People wanted prohibition because employers were going to work still drunk and working with a hangover. At home, life was more difficult for families. Husbands were becoming abusive to their wife and children's. Also crime started to occur more frequently, most of America's most serious problems centered on alcohol. The prohibition was enforced by states voting themselves dry. Many people started organizations like Anti-salons organization. But the main reason how the prohibition was passed was because of women. During this era women were able to vote. America changed its mind on alcohol because, American businesses were becoming slower, families were being abused, and lastly manly states voted on prohibition.

America was changed because homicides were higher than ever before. Before the prohibition had begun, the homicide rate per 100,000 Americans was 7. In 1919 when America went dry, the murder rate per 100,000 Americans rose to 8.5. It was not until 1933, where America repealed prohibition was at 10 per 100,000 Americans. (Document B). America had changed prohibition because homicides were higher than they had been before.

America had changed prohibition because the United States of America government could not be trusted. Important people in the government including congressmen and senators were not able to be trusted with alcohol. The men who made the prohibition were going against the law. They had become bootleggers. "How can you have the heart to prosecute a bootlegger, send a man to jail for six months or a year for selling a pint of a quart of whiskey, when you know for a fact the men who made the laws... are themselves patronizing bootleggers" (document D). America had changed prohibition because people in our own government were violating the very own laws they made.

America had changed it thoughts because the prohibition law was really helping criminals. To begin, when the prohibition law was made it was intended to help Americans restore civilization. Actually the government was wrong. Hundreds of thousands of Americans were suffering and trying to escape the great depression, many other were happy. Gangster, racketeers, bootleggers, and dope sellers were making money off the prohibition. Many people saw criminals living the life, Americans were struggling to survive. This had to change. America had changed it mind on the prohibition law because the prohibition was helping criminals make money.

America changed its mind on Prohibition because it made life hard for Americans. The government saw that homicide rates had jumped by 3 per 100,000 Americans. Also people knew that congressmen and senators were violating the laws that they had made to help America gain back civilization. Lastly, the prohibition law was actually helping criminals have a better life than Americans struggling. America changed its mind on prohibition because the prohibition was really hurting the nation

No, it turned out to be counter-productive and created more problems.

People began to realize that Prohibition wasn't solving any problems but was, itself, creating many serious ones.

Highly educated people, Jews, Catholics, immigrants, city dwellers, and libertarians.

Men believed that alcohol negatively affected their jobs

The most important people during National Prohibition in the US included Wayne Wheeler, Ernest Cherrington, Purley Baker, "Pussyfoot Johnson," and Richmond Pearson Hobson, all of the powerful Anti-Saloon League; Mary Hunt, Mamie Colvin, and Carry Nation, all of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU); D. Leigh Colvin of the Prohibition Party; Andrew Volstead of Congress; Cora F. Stoddard of the Scientific Temperance Union; and Lillian Sedwick of the Women of the Ku Klux Klan (WKKK).

They may not be household names today, but they were leading movers and shakers in the National Prohibition movement.

All US states were affected by National Prohibition.

It stimulated the rapid growth of organized crime, promoted the corruption of public officials, reduced respect for the law, glamorized criminals, reduced the work ethic, and created many other serious problems.

The 19th Century was a period of reform. The impulse to combat the evils of alcohol never quite died. Temperance advocates and prohibitionists continued to fight distillers and saloon owners, and people who drank. Prohibitionists pointed out that saloons were often the local headquarters of corrupt political machines. Drinking among the working classes caused death, loss of jobs, absenteeism, domestic violence, and other problems. The Women's Christian Temperance Union turned to politics and became very influential. Many progressives adopted the anti-alcohol position of the WCTU. Many politicians also favored prohibition. Prohibitionists finally convinced enough politicians that the time was right for an end to liquor as a legal drink. It would improve the morals of the nation, help end poverty, and make life healthier for all concerned. The ban on liquor did not work because you cannot legislate morals. As someone said at the time, "Everyone is in favor of prohibition, but no one wants to stop drinking." It also failed because the government could not stop the flow of illegal liquor into the country from Canada and Europe, and illegal "hooch" gave organized crime a "shot in the arm."

Because the immigrants of the late 1800s and early 1900s were largely from Eastern and Southern Europe and drank alcohol.

The movement appealed to mass amount of women because of the dangers of alcohol. Any women would not there mate to come home drunken, misconducted and not as their self. Also since alcohol has never been cheap the men would spend considerable amount of their paychecks on it. Lastly, in worst case situations some men would be abusive to their wives while they were under the influence.

During Prohibition, molassas was imported from Cuba by organized crime units and processed in regional centers. A small percentage was dehydrated to create MOLASKA, a sugar substitute. The rest went into producing pure alcohol for the bootleg trade. Ref: The Illustrated History of Organized Crime.

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