Assignment 3 Prohibition Research Paper
Assignment 3
Prohibition was the eighteenth amendment that was ratified in 1919 (Ch. 25 & 26 ppt).
The Volstead Act was a congressional measure to enforce the eighteenth amendment (Ch.
25 & 26 ppt). Opposition to alcohol abuse was an ideal cause in which to merge the older religious based ethics with the new social ethics promoting reforms (Ch. 23 p. 730). The battle against the tools used by political bosses to win over converts (Ch. 23 p. 730). At first, alcohol consumption fell by seventy percent and by the end of the decade, the levels were normal (Ch.
25 & 26 ppt).
Prohibition failed for a number of reasons because there was not enough agents of the
Prohibition Bureau (Ch. 25 & 26 ppt). By the time the bipartisan Anti-Saloon League endorsed
a prohibition amendment to the Constitution, it was ratified, two years later, state and local action had already dried up areas occupied by nearly three fourths of the nation’s population (Ch. 23 p.
730). Organized crime provided major cities with liquor, there was horrible violence and 600 killings in the 20s (Ch. 25 & 26 ppt). Prohibition was repealed by the twenty-first amendment in
1933 (Ch. 25 & 26 ppt).
Although the Prohibition Era was historical timing and Americans had just came off of
WWI, it was also a time of consumerism (Ch. 25 & 26 ppt).
Prohibition was the eighteenth amendment that was ratified in 1919 (Ch. 25 & 26 ppt).
The Volstead Act was a congressional measure to enforce the eighteenth amendment (Ch.
25 & 26 ppt). Opposition to alcohol abuse was an ideal cause in which to merge the older religious based ethics with the new social ethics promoting reforms (Ch. 23 p. 730). The battle against the tools used by political bosses to win over converts (Ch. 23 p. 730). At first, alcohol consumption fell by seventy percent and by the end of the decade, the levels were normal (Ch.
25 & 26 ppt).
Prohibition failed for a number of reasons because there was not enough agents of the
Prohibition Bureau (Ch. 25 & 26 ppt). By the time the bipartisan Anti-Saloon League endorsed
a prohibition amendment to the Constitution, it was ratified, two years later, state and local action had already dried up areas occupied by nearly three fourths of the nation’s population (Ch. 23 p.
730). Organized crime provided major cities with liquor, there was horrible violence and 600 killings in the 20s (Ch. 25 & 26 ppt). Prohibition was repealed by the twenty-first amendment in
1933 (Ch. 25 & 26 ppt).
Although the Prohibition Era was historical timing and Americans had just came off of
WWI, it was also a time of consumerism (Ch. 25 & 26 ppt).