There were various reasons why the enforcing of Prohibition failed. I will talk about what lead to Prohibition, what it consisted of, and what I think the reasons it failed were.
The Anti-Saloon League (a society formed in opposition to drinking alcohol) as a result of World War I had a chance to put their ideas forward with more influence than before. They had various arguments on why there should be no drinking of alcohol, such as: Drinking alcohol is wicked and immoral, alcohol should be banned from religious grounds, alcohol is bad for people, Drunken men are more inclined to beat the…
