At the beginning of the 1920’s, prohibition started. When prohibition started, President Herbert Hoover was the President of the United States. After …show more content…
During WWI prohibition advocates butt rested there cause through food and fuel control, this led to the pre-civil war era. (Prohibition). After the revolution drinking was on the rise. As drinking was on the rise it led to the first replacement of the constitution, this was referred to as the “noble experiment”. Men where spending all their money on alcohol. Alcohol abuse was so bad that men began drinking alcohol on their lunch break witch caused a lot of accidents in the workplace.(Rosenberg). In 1869, the National Prohibition Party was found. Kansas was the first to have prohibition in 1881. (Kelly). In 1846, Maine was the first to pass the law on prohibition and have prohibition. (History.com). In Massachusetts in 1838 you could buy liquor in large qualities. As prohibition was starting up there was economic issues. (Prohibition). Wartime prohibition was the save grain for producing food. The federal and local government struggled to inforce prohibition. …show more content…
On January 16, the eighteenth amendment made all alcohol illegal. The eighteenth amendment came with the "National Prohibition Act" which swept across the nation. Even though alcohol was illegal the officers conspired with the drinkers. (Editors of Time Life Books 108). Prohibition was difficult to enforce because of the lack of officers.(History.com staf). The federal government wasn’t depended on the liquor taxes. The national prohibition act went into effect on January 17, 1920. (Roots of prohibition). In 1855, thirteen states enacted prohibition legislation. In 1918, war time prohibition act was passed witch means that the u.s. stopped sending alcohol over to the troops to save grains. On October 28, 1919 the Volstead act was passed.(kelly). The eighteenth amendment was ratified.(Prohibition). Prohibition failed fully to enforce sobriety. Towards the end of prohibition the eighteenth amendment brought the prohibition era to an end.( History.com