Prohibition Dbq Essay

18th Amendment was the first and only time America removed an amendment from the Constitution. During the 1920’s was the time of the roaring 20’s. The roaring 20’s was when people in the United States, mainly the Western society liked to drink, party, going to dances, seeing flappers, etc. Drinking was a big thing around the time they passed the 18th amendment which prohibited any kind of alcohol because it was America’s most serious problem. Many people also saw drinking as a huge drag on the economy and wasting money on alcohol was unpatriotic. Prohibition lasted for about 13 years, it was the banning of alcohol manufacturing, transporting, and selling in the United States. America repealed the 18th amendment which ended prohibition because of crime, weak enforcement with lack of respect for the law and economic reasons.

One of the reasons the federal government repealed prohibition was because of the increase of crimes. For example, in Document A it shows a cartoon picture that explains how all the criminals were enjoying the time during prohibition because they had more jobs to do and

In Document C, Frederic J. Haskin states that there was only 3,000 to 3,500 federal agents and half was inside offices and the rest were out in the country trying to stop everything. They had a 3-mile limit, that if you were in the 3-mile radius the government could do something, but once you were out of the 3-mile radius, they couldn’t do anything, which made it easier for criminals. Also states that some police force members were in it with the criminals and getting a profit from it or they could have just been so clueless to what was going on around them. In Document D, Mabel Walker Willebrandt explains how could the government tried to enforce a law and themselves not obey them and violate it. This made the people lose respect for congress and