Alcohol In The 1920's

It is evident that alcohol has caused many conflicts throughout the years. It negatively impacts the body, creates problems with relationships, and is linked to domestic violence. Especially in America during the 1920’s, many new societies were established to help ban the manufacturing and sale of alcohol, since there were many different viewpoints on whether or not Prohibition was a smart decision. The Anti-Saloon League, Temperance Movement, Progressive Movement, Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, the 21st Amendment and the Volstead Act are all a part of the conflicts that circle the history of alcohol. The 18th Amendment was created to put the problems surrounding alcohol to an end and it was further known as Prohibition. Prohibition was

The amendment itself is different in two ways: “ . . . it is the only amendment that has specifically repealed another amendment; and it is the only amendment that has used the auxiliary method of ratification via. state conventions rather than the legislatures of the states” (“Twenty-first Amendment”). Also with the help of the Temperance Movement, it was able to gain it’s passage of the 18th Amendment. The 21st Amendment had multiple positive and helpful effects in America. Since Prohibition did not make people stop drinking for sure, when Prohibition was repealed it turned rebellious criminals into citizens that obeyed the law. This took criminal works off the hands of police officers so they could focus on other crimes that were going on. The main goal of the 18th Amendment was to make people stop drinking, but people still wanted to drink. Gangs took advantage of that by selling alcohol at the same rate but a higher markup. In result of the 21st Amendment being put into play, people were allowed to buy alcohol at their nearby shops and stores, and gangs lost their line of customers which put a decrease in their power. This made citizens feel much safer in their day to day life in a crime free neighborhood. The Amendment also gave the government a much needed tax supply due to their debt (“21st

Since “ the distribution of liquor was necessarily more complex than other types of criminal activity . . . “ a whole chain of local bootleggers and smugglers was created to transport information to local nightclubs, speakeasies, and other criminal chains (“Bootlegging”). As the chains grew and started to receive more income, different gangs across America started to work with each other, which lead up to more dangerous interactions like narcotics traffic, gambling parties, and etc (“Bootlegging”). Even though Prohibition was repealed in 1933, that did not stop bootlegging. Since alcohol was still prohibited in many states, bootleggers still existed and continued to eventually arise into its own illegal business. Bootlegging was still a common problem in the law enforcement and continued to corrupt the law. Bootlegging was a corruption of law that should have been faced with head on and dealt with