The Prohibition of 1920s, the banning of selling and transporting alcohol, was enforced through the Volstead Act, which was actually so important because this failure revealed this fact that banning something can have the opposite effect which makes it more desirable. At first, The Anti-Saloon League and Woman's Christian Temperance Union began supporting the prohibition, which caused the rise of it, but as time passed, rising crimes showed that it was nothing but a failure. Since the prohibition didn’t really work, in early 1933 congress proposed the 21st Amendment to the constitution which repealed the 18th Amendment.
One of the most important reasons of this failure was the creation of the Speakeasies and the Bootleggers; immediately, …show more content…
Prohibition of alcohol only persuade more people to try it. Many people, who have never taken a drink, broke the law and saloons were replaced with the Speakeasies. Since hard liquor was profitable to smuggle, more people were suffering from serious health problems, so prohibitin not only couldn’t stop the social problems, but it increased it as well.
Moreover, organized crime and corruption raised. Organized crime managed the distribution of alcohol in many cities and many gangs made money from gambling by entering liquor business; even one of the congressman, William Jennings Bryan, spoke on this matter, he stated that liquor business is in partnership with gambling and its representatives are the most corrupt people that have corrupting influence on the politics too. Soon, many liquor businesses and law enforcement officials made billion dollars from gambling, bribing, and blackmailing, and so again prohibition failed to abolish social problems.
On the other hand, the other main reason that ended the prohibition was the St. Valentine Massacre, which was one of the biggest gang fights ever, that Al Capone’s gang killed seven gangsters; this massacre was one of the turning points that changed the people’s idea about the prohibition; they thought that the prohibition causes a lot of violence and they should end
One of the most important reasons of this failure was the creation of the Speakeasies and the Bootleggers; immediately, …show more content…
Prohibition of alcohol only persuade more people to try it. Many people, who have never taken a drink, broke the law and saloons were replaced with the Speakeasies. Since hard liquor was profitable to smuggle, more people were suffering from serious health problems, so prohibitin not only couldn’t stop the social problems, but it increased it as well.
Moreover, organized crime and corruption raised. Organized crime managed the distribution of alcohol in many cities and many gangs made money from gambling by entering liquor business; even one of the congressman, William Jennings Bryan, spoke on this matter, he stated that liquor business is in partnership with gambling and its representatives are the most corrupt people that have corrupting influence on the politics too. Soon, many liquor businesses and law enforcement officials made billion dollars from gambling, bribing, and blackmailing, and so again prohibition failed to abolish social problems.
On the other hand, the other main reason that ended the prohibition was the St. Valentine Massacre, which was one of the biggest gang fights ever, that Al Capone’s gang killed seven gangsters; this massacre was one of the turning points that changed the people’s idea about the prohibition; they thought that the prohibition causes a lot of violence and they should end