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Prohibition


One of the most controversial, the Eighteenth, and later, its
repeal, the Tweny-First amendment, made a big impact on America, and their
ideas are still talked about today. has had many different view
points from the beginning.
Prohibition started long before the Eighteenth Amendment.
Organizations against alcohol such as the Anti-Saloon League and the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union were succeeding in enacting local
prohibition laws, turning the campaign into a national effort. In the late
1900s there was an average of one saloon for every 150 to 200 people,
including nondrinkers, due to competition in brewing companies. The major
complaint was the sex and gambling that went along ...

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sell, transport, import or
export any intoxicating liquors. This was controversial because it turned
the common hard working man or woman, who enjoyed a drink after a hard
day's work, into a criminal in the law's eyes. In The History of
Prohibiton, a web site by J. McGrew, it states that Prohibiton also gave
criminals, such as Al Capone, the opportunity to feed off the illegal
substance. The organized crime circuit ate up Prohibition and began to boot
leg alcohol. Local pharmacies and basements near the border became hubs for
the transactions. The "Big Bosses" would purchase it in Canada, where it
was legal and import it to the US. A prime example of the organized crime
is in the movie, Legends of the Fall. Both the Volstead Act and the
Eighteenth Amendment are mentioned in the movie, as it portrays a small
time boot legger going up against a big organized crime family, in the end
many people lost their lives over alcohol and money.
Speakeasies, illegal bars, sprang up ...

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