Prohibition

Prohibition in United States was accomplished by means of the Eighteenth Amendment to the national Constitution (ratified January 16, 1919) and the Volstead Act (passed October 28, 1919). Prohibition began on January 16, 1920, when the Eighteenth Amendment went into effect. Federal Prohibition agents (police) were given the task of enforcing the law. Prohibition also referred to that part o ...

Date added: 27 March '06

Al Capone and the bootleggers

by Herminne Tonita - In 1919 the American people voted in favor of a new amendment to the Constitution. The Eighteenth Amendment prohibited the making or selling of alcoholic drinks in the USA. People who supported "prohibition" claimed that it would stop alcoholism and drunkenness and make the United States a healthier, happier country. But many Americans were not willing to give up alcohol ...

Date added: 30 May '07