Prohibition

Mario Aguilar December 15, 2011 Manuel Pena Social Studies 8-41

Prohibition

The 18th Amendment banned the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol (this was the beginning of prohibition). It was ratified on January 16, 1919 and repealed by the 21st Amendment in 1933. The 18th Amendment remains the only Amendment to ever have been repealed. Social reformers, often with religious backgrounds, pushed to have the amendment passed.T he 18th Amendment took the business licenses away from every brewer, distiller, vintner, wholesaler and retailer of alcoholic beverages in the United States in an attempt to stop the sale of alcoholic beverages. Three months before it was to take effect, the Volstead Act, otherwise known as the National Prohibition Act of 1919, was passed and gave power to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, his assistants, agents, and inspectors to enforce the 18th Amendment. We believe the 18 amendment was good because it stopped and prevented Americans from becoming heavily drinkers. The government can make people behave better but back then, we believe the government didn’t have enough influence and power on the American people to make them behave well. The 18 amendment had its pro and cons but the government didn’t have enough power to enforce it, so thats why it was ratified.

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