Farewell to the 18th Amendment, 1919
The 18th Amendment to the Constitution prohibited the making, selling, importing, and transporting of intoxicating liquors and was made legal on January 16th, 1919. It resulted in what is popularly called the Prohibition – a campaign that believed that alcohol led to poverty and criminal activity.
Much to their surprise, the United States’ crime rate soared during the Prohibition years as mobsters became rich from selling alcohol on the Black market. Prohibition ended on December 5th, 1933 when the 21st Amendment was established.
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