Prohibition: The Ignoble Experiment

Title	Prohibition: The Ignoble Experiment
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Prohibition: The Ignoble Experiment

Prohibition: The Ignoble Experiment

     The 18th Amendment , considered to be one of the biggest follies of the
nation, was brought about with the intent to sincerely help the U.S., but more
harm came from it than good.  Prohibition, also known as the 18th Amendment ,
was ratified on January 29th, 1920 and was repealed on December 5th, 1933 with
the ratification of the 21st Amendment which nullified prohibition.
     The 18th Amendment stated that it was illegal to manufacture, transport,
and sell alcoholic beverages in the United States.  "The national prohibition of
alcohol was undertaken to reduce crime and corruption, solve social problems,
reduce the tax burden created by prisons and poorhouses, and improve health and
hygiene in America" (Thornton 70).  This was a very good idea, but America went
about it the wrong way.  We, instead, created even more problems such as
organized crime, increased alcohol consumption, over crowded prison systems, and
the uprise of the Mafia.  Not only was this a step in the wrong direction, it
was an action that increased the problems that America was already facing.
     People believed that prohibition would fail and that it was a violation
of a person's privacy while other people thought that prohibition would do
nothing but improve America.  People who were against prohibition were called
wets and people for it were called drys.  Wets mainly consisted of democrats who
refused to stop drinking and who were usually older men or immigrants who drank
all their life.  The drys were usually republican Protestants who believed
alcohol was evil and that prohibition was the answer to societies problems.
Well, the drys were wrong because many problems surfaced as a result of
prohibition.
        One problem was the increase of alcohol consumption.  Alcohol
consumption did go dow...This is ONLY a preview of the article. If you would like to view the entire document, you must subscribe to Electronic References. Please register below now!

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