Prohibitio Prohibition Dbq
Prohibition started in 1920, and ended in 1933. The Eighteen Amendment, and the Twenty-first amendment were involved. They thought that by making Prohibition, things were going to be better and successful for the US, but instead it was the opposite. Crime increased bad, people started stealing more and killing just so they can get what they wanted. They would do anything they can because people wanted to drink. Drinking wasn’t prohibit, only selling, manufacture, and production. So people started selling on the low, the illegal manufacturing and sale of liquor known as “bootlegging”. This went on for almost a decade, and it just got worse and worse. What affected the most was that business and economy went down, because they weren’t selling and they weren’t making money. And the US couldn’t afford that, because they needed the money.
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The Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution took away license to do business from making and selling alcoholic beverages. The leaders of the prohibition movement were afraid of the drinking behavior of Americans, and they were concerned that there was a culture of drink among some parts of the population that, with continuing immigration from Europe, was spreading. Prohibition essentially began in June of that year, but the amendment did not officially take effect until January 29,
The Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution took away license to do business from making and selling alcoholic beverages. The leaders of the prohibition movement were afraid of the drinking behavior of Americans, and they were concerned that there was a culture of drink among some parts of the population that, with continuing immigration from Europe, was spreading. Prohibition essentially began in June of that year, but the amendment did not officially take effect until January 29,