Why Prohibition Went From A Good To A Bad Idea?
Why Prohibition went from a good to a bad idea?
On December 17, 1917 there were many conflicts including the 18 Amendment, which prohibited the manufacturing and transporting and selling of alcoholic beverages in the United States. A lot of people thought that drinking was behind some of America's most serious problems, leading to an increase in the murder rate. In the matter people saw many ways around the overwhelming enforcement of the law. The Volstead Act came along to carry out the 18 Amendment and made beer and wine illegal. The sale of the alcohol could have generated money through taxes so the income could pay the interest on the entire local and national debt. Prohibition was repealed by the 21 Amendment because of the increase in the murder rate, the overwhelming enforcement of the law, and the potential income taxing alcohol could generate for the government. Prohibition lead to a rise in murders. ”During Prohibition the murder rate went from 6.4 to 9.2 per 100,000” (Homicides 233). Prohibition created smugglers on the Atlantic coast. These fleets consisted of vessels of all kinds and sizes that brought their cargo from many different places. Nothing could be done to stop it because as long as they were outside the 3-mile limit the government could not interfere. All in all the percentage of deaths went up during Prohibition, as it had the …show more content…
”The very men who made the prohibition law are violating it ….How can you have the heart to prosecute a bootlegger.” During this time the laws were very overwhelming for the people. Violation of the law was one of the main problems, as the bootleggers trying to sell whiskey ,were being sent to jail for as long as six months or a year.The enforcement of the conditions and then prosecuting the bootleggers for their actions was not very fair during prohibition. This is why people found ways around the law, because of the overwhelming
On December 17, 1917 there were many conflicts including the 18 Amendment, which prohibited the manufacturing and transporting and selling of alcoholic beverages in the United States. A lot of people thought that drinking was behind some of America's most serious problems, leading to an increase in the murder rate. In the matter people saw many ways around the overwhelming enforcement of the law. The Volstead Act came along to carry out the 18 Amendment and made beer and wine illegal. The sale of the alcohol could have generated money through taxes so the income could pay the interest on the entire local and national debt. Prohibition was repealed by the 21 Amendment because of the increase in the murder rate, the overwhelming enforcement of the law, and the potential income taxing alcohol could generate for the government. Prohibition lead to a rise in murders. ”During Prohibition the murder rate went from 6.4 to 9.2 per 100,000” (Homicides 233). Prohibition created smugglers on the Atlantic coast. These fleets consisted of vessels of all kinds and sizes that brought their cargo from many different places. Nothing could be done to stop it because as long as they were outside the 3-mile limit the government could not interfere. All in all the percentage of deaths went up during Prohibition, as it had the …show more content…
”The very men who made the prohibition law are violating it ….How can you have the heart to prosecute a bootlegger.” During this time the laws were very overwhelming for the people. Violation of the law was one of the main problems, as the bootleggers trying to sell whiskey ,were being sent to jail for as long as six months or a year.The enforcement of the conditions and then prosecuting the bootleggers for their actions was not very fair during prohibition. This is why people found ways around the law, because of the overwhelming