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There was plenty of warning before prohibition went into effect. Liquor keeps well and people who drank stock-piled it. After supplies began to run out, people made their own and brought it in from Canada and Mexico. Every city of any size had places where liquor could be purchased. There were brothels and "private" clubs that had liquor available. Police were often bribed to look the other way. Even before prohibition there were people who made and sold "moonshine" (Illegal liquor) in order to avoid paying taxes on it. Prohibition brought these people more business.
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Did the Prohibition era completely ban alcohol or just decrease it?
A little of both, actually. It was basically a total ban, but it did have some limited exceptions for alcohol used for medicinal or religious purposes.
When did prohibition start and end?
National Prohibition of alcohol in the United States began on the sixteenth (16th) of January, 1920, and ended on the fifth (5th) of December, 1933. However, the sale of beer had been legalized earlier that year. To be more specific, Repeal of National Prohibition occurred at 4:31 p.m. on December 5, 1933. It ended 13 years, 10 months, 19 days, 17 hours and 32.5 minutes of Prohibition. However, after Repeal, about 39% of the U.S. population continued living under state-wide prohibition. Even today, millions of people live in "dry" counties.
Why did America turn to prohibition in 1920s?
The Temperance Movement was focussed on a number of things. The primary factor was the protection of the family. Men spent their spare time in saloons instead of looking after their families. Money was spent in the saloons instead of being used to feed and clothe the children and wifes. Diseases were being spread by the prostitutes that frequented the saloons. All of these had factors that influenced the passing of the Prohibition Amendment. All of these A+
How was prohibition repealed?
Responsibility for enforcing Prohibition fell to the Bureau of Prohibition at the Federal level, and to normal state and local agencies (e.g. state and local police forces). The FBI was frequently involved, as were various other Treasury and Justice Department agencies. Note that the Bureau of Prohibition was in fact several different units over its lifespan, and used several slightly different names. It started out as merely a subunit of the IRS, transitioned to a full agency under the Dept of the Treasury, then ended up as part of the Justice Department and then a subunit of the FBI, before it lost its purpose in 1933 with the repeal of Prohibition. The organization now lives on as the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (commonly known at the ATF), and independent agency within the Department of Justice.
Why is the 18th amendment bad?
Because Americans were far too used to Alcohol, and would continue to drink it, despite the amendment. This need for illegal liquor caused organized crime to increase.
