Why Is Prohibition Legalized In The 1920s

Prohibition was the banning of alcohol, which lead many people to make illegal alcohol in the 1920’s and 1930’s. Illegal alcohol making was illegal and still is illegal. Many people were arrested and spent jail time. Illegal alcohol distilleries still exist today. For many people who live near the Appalachian mountains, illegal alcohol distilleries are past down from generation to generation. The reason prohibition was so strictly enforced in America, was the result of people overdosing on alcohol, the illegal making of alcohol, and the illegal import of it.
Prohibition was the result of people overdosing on alcohol. People would overdose on alcohol for many reasons like depression, stress, etc. Eventually it was easier to get alcohol, “Saloons were built in every city and village and provided a setting for illegal activities such as prostitution (the selling of sex), which led to the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, and gambling” (Benson). With saloons being built in every city and village, many people could go down the block to drink/gamble and other illegal things. Most …show more content…
Then comes a man named Al Capone. He was the most infamous bootlegger of this time. He was able to build his huge empire by selling alcohol alone. Although he was such a huge empire, law enforcement could never find him until 1931.“Smuggling on a large scale could not be prevented, and the illicit manufacture of liquor sprang up with such rapidity that authorities were unable to suppress it” (“Prohibition”). But law enforcement weren’t the only group to encourage prohibition, “Prohibition had become a national political issue, with a growing Prohibition party and support from a number of rural, religious, and business groups” (“Prohibition”). When people of our nation started figuring out that prohibition was actually hurting America’s economy, in 1933, the twenty-first amendment repealed the eighteenth and prohibition was