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Prohibition
Prohibition
1930
1920
On December 5th of 1933 the prohibition finally end. We can say that the prohibition failed; and this is because why it end, because the alcohol was still drinked at speakeasies, for example. It also failed because of organized crime to take over the importing ("bootlegging"), manufacturing, and distributing of alcoholic drinks. Al Capone, one of the most infamous bootleggers of them all, was able to build his criminal empire largely on profits from illegal alcohol. Enormous profits were acquired by individuals engaged in bootlegging and speakeasies, but many of these individuals who benefited by breaking the law lost much of their ill-gotten gains in the stock market crash of 1928.
Prohibition began on January 16, 1920, when the Eighteenth Amendment went into effect. Prohibition was a nationwide constitutional ban on the sale, production, importation, and transportation of alcoholic beverages. People started to throw alcohol to the drains because of this. The prohibition was introduced because alcohol ruined people's life. Prohibition was promoted by the "dry" crusaders, a movement led by rural Protestants and social Progressives in the Democratic and Republican parties.
Even though the sale of alcohol was illegal, it was still available at "speakeasies"; that were illegal establishments that sell alcohol during the prohibition, and other underground drinking establishments. More and more speakeasies were created with every year that passed. As fast as the police closed down one venue, more would spring up in its place. Many people also kept private bars to serve their guests. Large quantities of alcohol were smuggled in from Canada, overland and via the Great Lakes.
Al Capone.
The cover of a newspaper celebrating the end of the prohibition.
Owners of a bar throwing their alcohol to the drains.
People drinking alcohol at an speakeasy.