How Does Prohibition Affect Society
The Prohibition Era is known as the time alcohol consumption and production was banned in the United States, it lasted from 1920 to 1933 but it still affects society today.
The prohibition mostly put Chicago and its citizens in a worse situation, although there was great support. Instead of limiting abuse in homes and increasing the productivity at workplaces, prohibition was the start of the bootlegging business, the illegal production and selling of alcohol. Crime and corruption exploded in the city and health conditions got worse, due to the self-made liquor. There were people however who fought these problems such as Elliot Ness. Prohibition has its effects still on society of America today and Prohibition is still existing in some countries.
Although the economy grew after the 1st World War, the government was not able to manage the big immigration streams from Europe. American cities were a place where crime could grow.
Before the Prohibition was …show more content…
In short term it helped growing organized crime in the cities, killed a lot of American citizens and divided a nation into two parts. The Prohibition Era’s impact can still be felt today. The relationship to alcohol changed forever. In most European countries the age and consumption regulations of alcohol are lower. This time burned into American ideologies: Alcohol is something bad, I have to hide it or at least not be discrete about it in public. This mentality can be seen in the laws from today. The argument that restriction does not work by referring back to the 1920s is often used in arguments. The discussion to legalize soft drugs such as marijuana got louder in the past years, there are already places where it is legal to consume it, like in the state California. There are many parallels: the state makes money by taxing marijuana and the crime rate actually decreased as it did after enforcing the 21th Amendment which ended the
The prohibition mostly put Chicago and its citizens in a worse situation, although there was great support. Instead of limiting abuse in homes and increasing the productivity at workplaces, prohibition was the start of the bootlegging business, the illegal production and selling of alcohol. Crime and corruption exploded in the city and health conditions got worse, due to the self-made liquor. There were people however who fought these problems such as Elliot Ness. Prohibition has its effects still on society of America today and Prohibition is still existing in some countries.
Although the economy grew after the 1st World War, the government was not able to manage the big immigration streams from Europe. American cities were a place where crime could grow.
Before the Prohibition was …show more content…
In short term it helped growing organized crime in the cities, killed a lot of American citizens and divided a nation into two parts. The Prohibition Era’s impact can still be felt today. The relationship to alcohol changed forever. In most European countries the age and consumption regulations of alcohol are lower. This time burned into American ideologies: Alcohol is something bad, I have to hide it or at least not be discrete about it in public. This mentality can be seen in the laws from today. The argument that restriction does not work by referring back to the 1920s is often used in arguments. The discussion to legalize soft drugs such as marijuana got louder in the past years, there are already places where it is legal to consume it, like in the state California. There are many parallels: the state makes money by taxing marijuana and the crime rate actually decreased as it did after enforcing the 21th Amendment which ended the