Prohibition
Political:
- 18th Amendment in 1919: prohibited alcoholism
- Volstead Act in 1919: enforced the 18th Amendment and "made the world 'safe for hypocrisy'"
- was not enforced since the police was small and susceptible to bribery
Economic:
- soldiers and laborers were angered by the loss of their cheap drinks
- drinks were cheaper and higher in alcoholic content
- "home brew" and "bathtub gin" became cheap and popular ways to evade the law
Social:
- legal abolition of alcohol was especially popular in the South and the West
- attacked the Western way of life: prostitution, crime, and public drunkenness
- gangsters such as "Scarface" Al Capone ravaged cities
- crime rate increased to shocking levels
- 18th Amendment in 1919: prohibited alcoholism
- Volstead Act in 1919: enforced the 18th Amendment and "made the world 'safe for hypocrisy'"
- was not enforced since the police was small and susceptible to bribery
Economic:
- soldiers and laborers were angered by the loss of their cheap drinks
- drinks were cheaper and higher in alcoholic content
- "home brew" and "bathtub gin" became cheap and popular ways to evade the law
Social:
- legal abolition of alcohol was especially popular in the South and the West
- attacked the Western way of life: prostitution, crime, and public drunkenness
- gangsters such as "Scarface" Al Capone ravaged cities
- crime rate increased to shocking levels