Essay On Prohibition

Research Proposal Description/Justification: Prohibition of Alcohol in the United States took place from 1920 to 1933. The 18th amendment banned possession, transportation and manufacturing of alcoholic beverages. Prohibition was pushed by several Unions and supporters of the temperance movement to try to end consumption of alcohol. Alcohol was seen as destructive to families, which made women the majority supporters of the cause before it was passed by congress. During prohibition, gangs were formed selling illegal alcohol in a black market increasing gang violence and other crimes. This resulted in growing opposition for prohibition until the 21th amendment was passed, repealing the 18th. Because of it’s newly newly formed gangs, black market, increased crime and its short life, prohibition is known as one of the biggest …show more content…
~ Taking short and long term effects into account, can Prohibition be considered a success to the people who originally supported the temperance …show more content…
One of my main arguments will be how new social problems such as increased gang violence, and the black market of alcohol significantly outweigh the benefit of less people drinking alcohol. Another one of my arguments will be about how the government missed out on the opportunity to tax alcohol and lost millions due to the black market. I will also talk about both positive and negative long and short term effects of the movement, but eventually explain how the bad outweighed the good. Finally, I will talk about how Prohibition led to a dangerous new culture surrounding alcohol and the dangers of it being unregulated and