project one research events: prohibition

One of the biggest and most well know events in the 1930'2 Americana was prohibition. This was where the government desired to outlaw alcohol. This law was the major cause crime in the 1930's cause a black market to pop up all over the country as the dammed for alcohol was still there. This gave gangsters a market where they could get money and power. At the time Americana was full of many different cultures and there was a growing number of crimes among the new cultures. The government believed that banning alcohol would remove this crime wave so in 1920 the government implemented the Volstead act witch banned the sell and consumption of alcohol. This bane lasted 13 years when its was replied on December 5th 1933. The main reason that prohibition was ended that year was because of the increasing number of organised crime groups and murders that where happening across the country like the St. Valentine's day massacre. these where just some of the many murders that plagued the 1920's and 30's. Prohibition will always remember at a failed attempt to stop people right to do what they want where there bodies also it goes to show that banning certain things will not help people but often makes things worse for them.