Negative Effects Of Prohibition On American Culture
The ratification of the 18th amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which banned the manufacture, transportation and sale of intoxicating liquors known as prohibition. The Prohibition era had its positive and negative affects on America and its culture during the era. In the 1820 and 30s, a wave of religious awakening swept the United States, leading to increased calls for temperance.
Women and anti-saloons groups were a driving cause for prohibition; in 1916 Woodrow Wilson signed the Sheppard act, which banned alcohol in D.C. with that gave more reform to the cause, Prohibition came into affect in 1920 and with it gave rise to bootlegging, speakeasies and organized crime. As a result, the prohibition era is remembered as a period of gangsterism.
Women and anti-saloons groups were a driving cause for prohibition; in 1916 Woodrow Wilson signed the Sheppard act, which banned alcohol in D.C. with that gave more reform to the cause, Prohibition came into affect in 1920 and with it gave rise to bootlegging, speakeasies and organized crime. As a result, the prohibition era is remembered as a period of gangsterism.