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Arguments Against Prohibitionism

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portion of the community that was willing to outlaw the production of liquor in order to ensure order. Prohibitionist framed their issue with the consumption of liquor as a moral choice to save the working class from ruin through alcohol.
b. The Passage of the Eighteenth and Twenty-First Amendments
In 1919 Congress ratified the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibited the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages in the United States. This amendment was enforced by the Volstead Act, which President Woodrow Wilson vetoed however Congress overrode the veto and the United States became officially “dry” in 1920. This national ban on alcohol upset many Americans because it was the first time the federal

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