Prohibition-2

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1920-1933 The sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol for consumption were banned "Noble experiment" It was undertaken to reduce crime and corruption, solve social problems, reduce the tax burden created by prisons and poorhouses, and improve health and hygiene in America.


 * Causes: Many women reformers were concerned about alcohol’s link to wife beating, child abuse, its impact of drinking on labor productivity. Prohibition advocates argued that it would eliminate corruption, end machine politics, and help Americanize immigrants.
 * Components: Led by the Anti-Saloon League and the Women's Christian Temperance Union
 * Impact:
 * Health benefits included death rate from alcoholism was cut by 80 percent by 1921 from pre-war levels, while alcohol-related crime dropped markedly.
 * Prohibition produced bootleggers, speakeasies, moonshine, bathtub gin, and rum runners smuggling supplies of alcohol across state lines. Prohibition also fostered corruption and contempt for law and law enforcement among