Prohibition Website Analysis

1 - Critical Assessment : Diversity of Opinion

While searching for a creditable website on the prohibition era I stumbled upon https://prohibition.osu.edu/. This website is presented by The Ohio State University and was created by a professor named Austin Kerr. It was created because Kerr understood the educational and usefulness of the internet early on. The goal of this website is to spread awareness and understanding to the prohibition movement of the 1920's. It presents its matter in a professional way, and it still sheds light on the issues and reasons prohibition came under effect. Expect to find both sides of the story on this website. It gives supporting evidence and facts to justify the prohibition enactment and repeal.

2 - Critical

A reader of any ability should have no trouble navigating through this proficient website. The topics of this site are broken down in an informative way. A couple of the main bullets in this website include, “Why Prohibition?”, “Frances E. Willard” and “The Women's Crusade of 1873-74”. Within each subject the website offers underlined hyperlinks to elaborate on some information if needed. The background color of this web site comes together in a sharp and classy black and white, which is appropriate to the prohibition time frame. Also, no popups or advertisements to draw ones attention away from the website itself.

Learning Summary:

During the last few weeks the one point that has stuck out to me the most is the difficulty required in changing the Constitution. The ratification of the 18th amendment to the repeal of and creation of the 21st amendment are a great example of the process to change the document that our country is based upon. To ratify the Constitution is a very strenuous task and it took place twice between 1919 and 1933. In this essay I will discuss the why prohibition came under effect and why it was repealed, and how difficult it would be to change the constitution today.

Prohibition the 18th amendment - (Historical

To understand why the ratification of the 21st amendment was necessary we have to look at what had happened over those 14 years. From the first day prohibition was enforced, a new type of crime was given its first breath...bootlegging. Bootlegging became big business as the respect for all laws started to dissipate. The 18th amendment opened the door to big time gangsters such as Al Capone, and before long a title wave of organized crime began flooding the united states. As saloons closed there doors and restaurants began to fail, all the positives that were thought to come from prohibition started to show countless complications. The country’s take on the 18th amendment started to change very