What Led Up To The Prohibition
Where We Were
The prohibition was a movement from a women’s christian organization back in 1920 that induced the 18th amendment to be approved and put into effect. While the amendment generally worked in the first few years, after some time, it began to dissolve and break down in the eyes of the citizens. People rebelled and drank liquor anyway as well as lowering respect for other’s view point on religion. For that reason, the Prohibition never became what it was supposed to be.
Between beer, wine, liquor and essentially any other form of acohol, it’s not hard to tell that it has a grip on the citizens of America. We use it in our daily lives to push through tough days or to further enjoy special moments. It’s honestly tough to believe that …show more content…
Nice work there Roosevelt. After a few years of the Act being in place, the citizens of the US became tired of the law completely banning them from their liquor antics. This eventually led to rebellion and outlaws. The Prohibition spawned a ginormous illegal market that produced and sold alcohol constantly, thus undermining the government. Because of this, the economy took a major blow. They lost a lot of their tax revenue since people weren’t purchasing alcohol legally. There was a quite large black market, however, the Act did effectively lower alcohol consumption within the country. It dropped from %50 to %30, which is actually very impressive, however, now the citizens didn’t respect the government, at all. Near the end of the 1920’s there were more alcoholics and illegal drinking establishments than there was before all of this occurred. The rise of mass disobedience took the entirety of the government by surprise. They assumed the Prohibition was what the public wanted since there was an overwhelming amount of supports of the act, however they quickly realized that alcoholics are insane when it comes to their
The prohibition was a movement from a women’s christian organization back in 1920 that induced the 18th amendment to be approved and put into effect. While the amendment generally worked in the first few years, after some time, it began to dissolve and break down in the eyes of the citizens. People rebelled and drank liquor anyway as well as lowering respect for other’s view point on religion. For that reason, the Prohibition never became what it was supposed to be.
Between beer, wine, liquor and essentially any other form of acohol, it’s not hard to tell that it has a grip on the citizens of America. We use it in our daily lives to push through tough days or to further enjoy special moments. It’s honestly tough to believe that …show more content…
Nice work there Roosevelt. After a few years of the Act being in place, the citizens of the US became tired of the law completely banning them from their liquor antics. This eventually led to rebellion and outlaws. The Prohibition spawned a ginormous illegal market that produced and sold alcohol constantly, thus undermining the government. Because of this, the economy took a major blow. They lost a lot of their tax revenue since people weren’t purchasing alcohol legally. There was a quite large black market, however, the Act did effectively lower alcohol consumption within the country. It dropped from %50 to %30, which is actually very impressive, however, now the citizens didn’t respect the government, at all. Near the end of the 1920’s there were more alcoholics and illegal drinking establishments than there was before all of this occurred. The rise of mass disobedience took the entirety of the government by surprise. They assumed the Prohibition was what the public wanted since there was an overwhelming amount of supports of the act, however they quickly realized that alcoholics are insane when it comes to their