An Example Of How Society Changed Change

In the 1920’s the 18th amendment was passed: Prohibition. This was the ban of the sale, distribution and manufacturing of alcohol. Protestors calling for a better family environment helped to pass this amendment. Prohibition had an enormous affect on the 20’s and 30’s, it helped to shape the culture of the decades. The 18th amendment was meant to improve the economy and lower the crime rates; it did the exact opposite.

Prohibition was introduced to all American states apart from Maryland in 1920. Prohibition was the banning of alcohol; you could be arrested for sale, manufacture and transportation of alcohol. There were many factors that influenced the introduction of prohibition. One of the main factors was the temperance movement’s two examples of this

Between 1900 and 1913 more Americans began to drink more and more alcohol with the production of beer jumping from 1.2 million to 2 billion gallons; three times more alcohol than the average American drinks now.1 Prohibition was a movement sparked by women since women thought they were the ones who suffered the most from the cause of alcohol and women though that alcohol was a threat to a happy family. Women wanted to pass prohibition because many men would go to saloons and go home and be abusive towards their wives and children. Women and other groups eventually got 46 of the 48 states to ratify the 18th amendment on January 16, 1919.2 The 18th amendment on article one says, "...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 is hereby prohibited."3 The first article on the 18th amendment is saying that the sale, making, or even bringing liquor into the United States or any of the United States' territory will now be illegal. Prohibition began to show its weakness right away when the United Sates government did not show much support. After the first year of prohibition the American people started to show less support and even led to organized crime. In 1933, the United States Constitution was amended to repeal the 18th amendment in the form of the 21st amendment.4 Even

Even as costs for law enforcement, jails and prisons spiraled upward, support for Prohibition was waning by the end of the 1920s. In addition, fundamentalist and nativist forces had gained more control over the temperance movement, alienating its more moderate members. With the country mired in the Great Depression by 1932, creating jobs and revenue by legalizing the liquor industry had an undeniable appeal. Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt ran for president that year on a platform calling for Prohibition’s repeal, and easily won victory over the incumbent President Herbert Hoover. FDR’s victory meant the end for Prohibition. I think that our country has learned a lot from what happened throughout the time period of these two amendments. We learned that even if we declare something illegal or ban it, people will still find a way to get that certain object. Americans seemed to think that they can have whatever they wanted no matter if it was illegal or

One of the reasons why America changed its mind on Prohibition was the increase in crime rates. In fact,

The price of alcohol has gone wild and average worker could barely pay off for the alcohol. This leads to people buying less alcohol and there tends to be less violence and crimes going on. Also, alcohol is only available for medication yet people still had faked their pain and took alcohol as “medication”. Even people today tend to get drugs from the doctors and sell it those who can’t have the access to it which most likely be teens. Therefore, prohibition was a big impact on many families and parents themselves to drinking

Prohibition and United States Society in 1920's Prohibition was the legal ban on the manufacture and sale of alcohol. It was introduced in 1919 and was viewed as the answer to many of America's problems. It was thought that the end of alcohol in America would spark a new and greater society in America. People believed that it would reduce crime, drunkenness, violence and that it would reduce families in poverty because the men would not go out spending all the money on 'alcohol.'

In the 1920’s the United States government implemented a new and radical legislation referred to as prohibition that changed the lives of american adults. This new bill consisted of outlawing intoxicating beverages throughout the United States and having them regulated by the Federal Government. In every community the response to this new bill varied. For instance, in 1920 I believe the individuals who resided in my hometown Yardley, Pennsylvania would have been able to obtain alcohol illegally through operations known as saloons. Similar to society today, “stratification”, is extremely important social factor and truly affects the amount of law one may receive (Black, 11) .

The cartoon leaves the reader sombre. It is a heavy issue for writer to lift into view, one with little humorous potential. Thus the writer relies on shock value, the incompatibility between the writing and the speech, rather than comedy to deconstruct the issue and emphasize the message. The piece left me with a startled "Oh" on the tip of my tongue when I first saw the cartoon, and after the shock had passed, it left me with an overwhelming feeling of disgust. Of course, I already had my preconceived notions on the issue, I already reviled the organization depicted in the satire, so for me it was almost a reminder rather than a realization. However, I believe on a pair of fresh eyes it would still have the same general effect on any reader

America changed its mind about prohibition for many reasons. Some were for the better, and most were for the worse. Prohibition lasted a long time and it brought out the worst in our country. More gangs were created, more violence, and more crime, all because alcohol was banned.

The introduction of prohibition in 1919 created numerous opinions and issues in American society. Prohibition had been a long standing issue in America, with temperance

During the 1920’s there was an experiment in the U.S. “The Prohibition”, this experiment, made by the government, was written as the 18th amendment. The prohibition led to the bootlegging, increase in crimes, and gang wars.

"The prestige of government has undoubtedly been lowered considerably by the prohibition law. For nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced. It is an open secret that the dangerous increase of crime in this country is closely connected with this," Albert Einstein. (Internet, quotes on Prohibition, page 1)

At the age of 19 years old I lost an influential person in my life. My role model, my advisor, my rock. For so long I was angry at the idea of having to live the rest of my life without my nana here with me. Instead I should have felt blessed to have had her here in the defining years of my life. I learned to always have my camera with me, whether it be my phone or an actual camera. We have dozens and dozens of memories captured on camera and I am so thankful. It’s amazing how a click of a camera can capture a lifetime of love, lessons taught, and laughter.

In “Overusing the Bully Label” (Los Angeles Times, March of 2013), author, school administrator, and clinical social worker Susan Eva Porter suggests that adults commonly define minor difficulties that children have with one another as “bullying”. Porter begins by stating two examples of bullying that went extreme once the parents got involved, then shares how the extreme situation made the parents seem like heroes/victims, even though they were the ones escalating the situation, and then insists that "We do have a problem, but it's not with our children. It's with us, the adults.”. Susan Porter is trying to get the point across that in order to fix the situation on hand with bullying we need to stop labeling the kids that were mean once or twice as “bullies” and the kids on the other side of that aggression as “victims”, because once they are labeled they will start to believe they can't change. Porter wrote this article to Los Angeles Times, and throughout the article she tries to relate to the audience with stories of past proof of parental influences intensifying the situation along with stating her expertise in the field of working with children. The article tries to prove her stance that the cause of bullying is started by the students, but is effected by the adults/parents in today’s society.