Prohibition

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Many people opposed the repeal of National Prohibition and hoped that WW II would lead to Prohibition, just as WW I had earlier done.

As it became increasingly clear that National Prohibition was failing to prevent the consumption of alcohol and also that Prohibition itself was creating more and more serious problems, people came to believe that Prohibition was a bigger problem that the consumption of alcohol.

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People opposed prohibition because alcohol business was very lucrative. Another reason people opposed it was that they felt they should not be told they could not drink.

The prohibition against shedding blood in religious theory tradition is based on the belief that human life is sacred and should be preserved. This prohibition is seen in various religious texts and is often interpreted as a moral guideline for promoting peace, justice, and respect for life. It is commonly upheld in religions such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

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Progressives wanted to reduce alcohol abuse, drunkenness, and their associated issues (crime, poverty, etc.) and industrialists wanted to battle absenteeism in the workplace. Thus, the groups united to fight for prohibition.

National Prohibition began in 1920, although many states already had imposed state-wide prohibition by this time.

Only a handful of people currently belong to the Prohibition Party, which has suffered a major split. The deaths of the leaders of the two factions has cast the future of the Party in doubt.

It was repealed through the actions of state conventions.

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WW1 enhanced the economic arguments used by drys at the time, in particularly the Anti-Saloon League. Firstly, alcohol reduced the productivity of workers-when America's factories needed to be producing more food/munitions as they were at war, alcohol reduced America's economic output. Secondly, the grain used to make beer could have been (and was post-prohibition) used to make bread to feed the soldiers in Europe. And thirdly, many breweries in America were German. Although their profit didn't go to Germany, Americans didn't want to buy German products from the breweries of the German immigrants as they were at war with that nation.

Prohibition was repealed because the vast majority (about three of every four) became convinced that Prohibition not only failed to stop people from drinking but that it created many serious problems itself.

It consumed a very large proportion of all law enforcement funding.

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Prohibition policy is to prevent whatever is prohibited.

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Prohibition made organized criminals rich and also profited the many corrupted public officials.

At the beginning, many people were very optimistic but as its failures became increasingly evident more and more people came to oppose Prohibition. By the time of its repeal, 74% of voters opposed it.

Prohibition led to the rapid growth of organized crime, pervasive corruption of public officials, consumption of sometimes toxic moonshine, the loss of tax revenues, an increase in violence, a growing disrespect for the law, and many other very serious problems.