Cause Of Prohibition

Prohibition is a major period in American history. Even though the states have repealed the amendment, the repercussions of the world's worst experiment are still in the American society. Prohibition is an amendment to the Constitution that states that the selling and distribution of any alcohol is illegal. On midnight of January sixteenth of 1919, the United States of America became dry, becoming a dry desert in the most lush, wet, and beautiful rainforest that is Earth. Most American citizens of this era were tolerant of the new legislation, but there were some that could not give up their booze. Bootleggers belonged to this group of rebels, as well as the mob and the few citizens that wanted a drink after the amendment was passed. These
Seemed to threaten intrusion into the private lives of law-respecting persons. It also alleged that Prohibition distorted the role of alcohol in American life, causing people to drink more rather than less. (Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia)

The wrongly used powers of the law enforcement terrorized the owners and the partakers of the speakeasy business. The terror caused by the actions of the police made people drink more. This in turn caused a increase in profit for the mob. The mob saw this business as an opportunity to make a profit as well as a way to keep control over their so called property. They owned illegal operations to distribute their money making
St. Louis, a center for liquor manufacturing, lost a lot of income from the breweries operating before Prohibition. The booze industry has had some attention during Prohibition:

St. Louis had its share of Prohibition-related scandals. The most notorious was the Jack Daniel’s whiskey “milking” scheme that resulted in the indictment of 23 persons, including prominent politicians and lawyers. Nearly 900 barrels of government-bonded booze, stored for medicinal purposes in Jack Daniel’s warehouse at 3960 Duncan Avenue (the building still stands), were siphoned off and hauled away in trucks for sale on the black market. (McGuire, John)

Politicians and lawyers even had their hands in the illegal trade. Even though breweries shut down their production of alcohol, some still produced because of their infliction to earn money. The black market was and still is a illegal marketplace to buy contraband. Prohibition changed business in the brewery business In St. Louis, most of the breweries shut down, but some were still in the manufacturing business by switching their production lines to common, legal