There once was a time when a person couldn't sit down after a hard day's work, and have a comforting Martini. This was a time in our history in which our government felt as if the root of all evil was alcohol, it was their belief that if alcohol were no longer
here, then there would be no more problems. They had a good idea, but because of lack of being able to enforce the laws brought forth under the Eighteenth amendment, it did
not make a difference whether drinking was illegal or legal.
"Prohibition did not achieve its goals. Instead, it added to the problems it was intended to solve." (Thorton, 15). On January 16, 1920, a part of nearly every American's daily routine suddenly became illegal. The Eighteenth Amendment was put into effect and all importing, exporting, transporting, and selling of alcohol products came to a sudden halt. Soon after this amendment came the National Prohibition Act, better known
as the Volstead Act. The Volstead act made any alcoholic product that had an alcohol content over .5% illegal, unless it was intended for medical or religious uses.
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