Prohibition

Prohibition in the 1920’s was a plan with good intentions to relieve burdens put on the American citizens due to crime, taxes, and social problems of the time. “What is the object of this resolution? It is to destroy the agency that debauches the youth of the land and thereby perpetuates its hold upon the Nation”(Hobson). None of these points were successful in anyway, making prohibition a complete failure. The crime rate heightened after prohibition was put into effect, thus leading to the number of inmates in prisons higher. Social problems increased with many people who were drinkers to turn to other drugs, and the rise of organized crime as well (Pegram, 24). A significant amount of tax money was spent on the enforcement of prohibition. The era of prohibition was a chaotic and corruptive time.
Prohibition was the ban of alcohol in the United States that lasted from 1920 to 1933. Those who were for prohibition believed that alcohol was a social pest, making people...