History Of The Prohibition

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 prohibition has had many changes since it was first made. The first time congress tried to pass this law was in 1917. Then in 1919 it was changed for the first time. The changes made were known as the Volstead Act. This act said the laws under the prohibition needed to be enforced. From the start there were problems with this law. The biggest problems that were happening right away were that no one was following through with punishment for people breaking the law.

In 1919, The US ratified the 18th Amendment which is declared illegal to manufacture, transport, and sell alcoholic beverages. Between from 1920 to 1933 America has promulgated prohibition who drunk because most men drunk in most times even during break time off work. They gradually lost their control and taking abuse, crime on their children. A lot of problems happened in the family like violence, fighting, and the worse thing is the divorce. Drunken men who did not work at all would not be able to afford, provide, and care for their families. America repealed Prohibition for three main reasons during this time: the Volstead Act because it was a law, the act of Congress that helped to prevent people from selling alcohol, illegal but it failed, Progressive Movement because it showed how many serious problems happened behind drinking that affected to life, and social evils of drinking. While there are three main causes, the most significant cause the repeal of Prohibition in America was social evils or consequences of drinking because in (Doc. B) homicides increased which made crime raised and thousands of Americans killed, the scenes of the US government (Doc.D) because the governor violated the law, and depression (Doc. A) because Uncle Sam, the US government worked with gangsters, racketeer, bootlegger, and dope seller.

The Prohibition Era of the 1920’s was an infamous time for the United States. However, despite the roar and boom or the twenties, prohibition did little to benefit Americans or the country itself. The ban of the make, transportation, and sale of alcohol only caused an increase in crime and decrease in public health and safety with practically no economic benefit.

Prohibition, a word that defined an era. “The Eighteenth Amendment of the constitution was ratified in January 1919 and was enacted in January 1920, which outlawed the manufacturing of intoxicating beverages as well as the transportation of intoxicating liquors.” The forging of this amendment came from the culmination of decades of effort from many different organizations such as Women’s Christian Temperance Union as well as the Anti-Saloon League. When America became a dry nation on January 17, 1920, it would remain a dry nation for the next 12 years when it was finally repealed in December of 1933. This amendment being put into place caused tens of thousands of distilleries, breweries, and saloons across America to be compelled to close their doors, as America embarked on a very controversial era known as the Prohibition Era. Prohibition was being implemented on a national scale now and being enshrined in the Constitution no less. What followed was a litany of unintended consequences throughout America. Did prohibition really help America, or did prohibition trigger a landslide of problems in America?

Prohibition had existed way before the whole country grew into chaos and terror trying to ban alcohol throughout United States. It was the act of banning the manufacture and sale of alcohol. In the early 1700s, many colonists directed Prohibition towards the Native Americans. Colonists created local laws that prevented people from selling or trading alcohol to them. They were concerned with their behavior due to alcohol. Although there were laws with the ideas of Prohibition, the laws were not enforced. This allowed liquor trade to continue and created a critical effect on the use of alcohol by Native Americans. In the 1900s, Prohibition did well trying to stop the promotion and the process of alcohol, but caused disruption, crime, and confusion

The first reason is because of criminal activity(Doc A/B). Since the start of prohibition, it has been helping bad people. Bad people are getting money by selling the illegal alcohol. The number of homicide murders increased dramatically during prohibition. That is one reason why America changed its mind.

The prohibition of alcohol was a mistake that the United States government made in the 1920s. Making alcohol illegal led to a decrease in tax revenue and an increase in government spending. The government started Prohibition to produce more money, but it was actually lost. Prohibition also led to an increase in organized crime. Citizens wanted alcohol, so they tried to do whatever it took to obtain it. Lastly, the prohibition of alcohol caused some government officials to be corrupt. The government officials chose to function off of their own self interests rather than what the government wanted them to do. Overall, Prohibition was a waste of time for the United States government and its citizens.

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

One of the reasons why prohibition failed during the 1920’s in the U.S. was due to Americans wanted to drink alcohol anyways and break the law. Secondly, law enforces were corrupted due to being underpaid thus being easily bribed by organized crimes. Even politicians would vote against it, but would still drink in private. Thirdly, government agencies had very few people prohibition agents that were underpaid and also were easily bribed. Fourthly, government wasn’t really ready to enforce any type of laws like prohibition they were still weak. A lot of public officials did not support prohibition. Fifth, the rise of speakeasies, organized crime, gun fights, bootlegging, illegal consumption of alcohol, corruption, and rise of gangsters such

People should have the freedom to choose whether or not they drink alcohol but not much good comes out of it. Even though the government lost money from potential alcohol sales tax and a new type of crime came about called, “bootlegging”, the pros outweigh the cons. Many great outcomes came from Prohibition. Some of the pros were that there was an instant decrease in crime, workers brought paychecks to their families instead of the bar, workers worked more efficiently because they were not drunk on the job and fewer work days were missed due to workers being drunk. Good things start to happen when there are no alcohol

The 1920s, World War I has just ended and it’s a new place for change. Any old customs and values have been rejected. Flappers, jazz, temperance act, and mobs; these were all things that have contributed to the new beginning.While the other things may have seemed like a good kind of new for America, prohibition made kind of obvious that nothing good was to come out of it. It actually sounds like a disaster waiting to happen. As much as people want it to happen now, and wished it would have stuck, ignorance never leaves those people who want it so badly. Many pros and cons came as an outcome of these simple things. There isn't a single thing by itself that has changed America to what it is today.

In the roaring twenties the idea of a dry age was crossing the minds of many citizens in the states. During this time, the economy was starting to boom. As society was booming, the temperance movement started to cause problems in the system. Most people went along with the idea that drinking was bad and needed to be put to an end but they still wanted to drink. Other problems are brought up about all of the job loss that this prohibition would cause. Prohibition was created to reform social behaviors and uprising crimes caused by this dry state that later led to the revocation of the 18th amendment.

Some states such as New York, New Jersey, and Massachusetts did not enforce the prohibition act of 1920, causing funds to drop to the states for law enforcement agencies(GILDER). The prohibition Caused the rise of organized crime in the United States. Prohibition stated the creation of toxic moonshine, bootleggers used lead coils and lead soldering putting lead in moonshine(PEARSON). Others put additives in moonshine such as iodine and creosote causing blindness or even death. Over 12,000 people died from toxic moonshine Al Capone made over 60 million dollars from Bootlegging that’s 60 million dollars other US citizens lose. Many Bootleggers used Industrial alcohol in Products. The Federal Government started putting more poisonous chemicals in industrial alcohol causing over 10,000 deaths from consumption(PEARSON).Overall there are more negative effects of prohibition in the 1920’s. From poisonous alcohol to enforcement budget cuts it is all negative and is why prohibition failed. Even though prohibition stopped some americans from drinking alcohol it created a new door for new kinds of alcohol to come in to the US. Prohibition is bad in my opinion because it caused unnecessary deaths in america. That sets a final ending to the 18th Amendment in the 1920’s and forever

The last thing that the country wants is to have death rates go up, which is never good. Even though this was back in the 1920s and the deaths weren't that much, it was someone's life and it ended because of alcohol. When people would drink, their seeing and ability to think would become impaired, causing bad choices and leading to major injuries and in some cases death. Congress thought that putting Prohibition into action would help these cases and prevent deaths. Document F explains that 1910-1918 deaths from alcohol were 4.4-5.8 per 100,000 people. It was high during Prohibition and then gradually decreased when it was repealed. This tells us that when alcohol was banned people went to extremes to get it and sell it, some did it for money but others did it for consumption. Bootleggers would do everything in their power to get ahold of alcohol even killing people to get it. This evidence of deaths tell people that they are in danger and it might make people uncomfortable and unsafe to go out in their community. That is why congress would want to repeal Prohibition because of its effect on the people and death