Prohibition is another name of the Eighteenth Amendment, which was passed by Congress in 1917. The Eighteenth Amendment states, "After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the deportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibition." (Ayers) In other words it was a ban of making and selling alcoholic beverages. Woman and other reformers thought that alcohol was the primary cause of crime, poverty, and assaults against women and children.
Although the selling of alcohol was illegal, many people could still get it at speakeasies, an underground drinking establishment. Women strapped a bottle of liquor on their legs underneath their dresses. When people went to speakeasies they usually did not go their to party and listen to music. They all had to be very quiet so that the police or other authorities would not come and arrest them, they went there to drink. Many people also created their own home brewed alcohol. "In 1933, the legislatures of the states ratified the 21st Amendment, which repealed the 18Th Amendment and prohibited only the violations of laws that individual states had in regard to intoxicating liquor." (Scott)
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Works Cited:
Ayers, Edward L.. American Anthem. Orlando: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2007
Scott, Robert. "The Roaring Twenties". 2005 . http://www.1920-30.com/
That is pretty weird that people thought alcohol was the main cause of abuse.
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