Prohibition and the Effects on Culture and Society in the 1920's

"No person shall, on or after the date when the 18th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States goes into effect, manufacture, sell, barter, transport, import, export, deliver, furnish or possess any intoxicating liquor except as authorized in this act" (Title II, Section 3 National Prohibition Act). At midnight on January 16th, 1920 the 18th Amendment to the Constitution was put into action, and the United States of America went dry. Under the Volstead Act, passed …

…levels before the prohibition act. Not only was prohibition unsuccessful, it was damaging to the people and society it was meant to help. Works Cited: Britten, Loretta, ed. The Jazz Age - The 1920's. New York: Time-Life Inc., 1998. Craats, Rennay. History of the 1920's. Mankato: Weigl Publishers Inc., 2002. Hanson, Erica. Through the Decades - The 1920's. San Diego: Lucent Books Inc., 1999. Williams, Betty. Portrait of a Decade - The 1920's. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd, 1999.