Prohibition and Its Failures

Prohibition in the United States was a standard intended to reduce drinking. On January 1919, the 18th Amendment took way the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages in the United States. The 18th Amendment was backed up by the Volstead Act which defined liquor as ant beverage which contained 0.5% alcohol content or more. Prohibition, the experiment that never really succeeded for many reasons.
Many leaders were very concerned about the drinking behavior of Americans, drinking was a highlight of peoples lives. …