Prohibition of alcohol Summary

Prohibition of Drugs: Pro and Con The history of U.S. social and legal policy in regard to psychoactive and intoxicating drug use has been characterized by periodic shifts, strong ideological presuppo... Read more

Prohibition of Alcohol The Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States prohibited the "manufacture, sale and transportation of intoxicating liquors." The amendment, pas... Read more

The Roots of Prohibition Prohibition The Temperance Movement Gathers Steam Prohibition Becomes a National Issue The Eighteenth Amendment The Final Toast Getting Around the Law Crime in America The We... Read more

Prohibition, for any substance, is the banning of a certain type of good. In the early 19th century, a law was passed known as the Volstead Act, which banned alcohol, was made to enforce the already ... Read more

Prohibition or the `Noble Experiment' as it was known, was the banning of the manufacture, sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages. `Intoxicating liqour' as it was known was defined by the Volstea... Read more

National prohibition of alcohol (1920-33)--the "noble experiment"--was undertaken to reduce crime and corruption, solve social problems, reduce the tax burden created by prisons and poorhouses, and im... Read more