Political Impact
The 18th Amendment did not mention the actual drinking of liquor, and since Prohibition went into effect a full year after the 18th Amendment's ratification, many people bought cases of then-legal alcohol and stored them for personal use. This was one of several loopholes for people to legally drink during Prohibition.
The Volstead act stated that it was illegal to own an item designed to manufacture alcohol and set fines and jail sentences for violating prohibition.Prohibition was hard to enforce despite the passage of the Volstead act. Police (also called Federal Prohibition agents) were given the task of enforcing prohibition.
The number of repeal organizations and demands for repeal increased with every year that passed during prohibition.
Prohibition was normally enforced more strongly in areas where the population was sympathetic to the legislation and much more loosely enforced in urban areas. The Nation's working class and poor were much more restricted during prohibition than middle and upper class americans because of the high price of bootleg liquor.
Franklin D. Roosevelt ran for president on a platform calling for prohibition's repeal. He easily won against Herbert Hoover. The Congress proposed a solution to prohibition;a 21st amendment to the Contitution which would repeal the 18th. The amendment was submitted to the states and in December 1933 the 36th and final state vote required was submitted for ratification.
In Conclusion...
Prohibition was a period of time in America's history where, not only was alcohol illegal, but many people didn't have jobs and the government lost much of its money. Prohibition was not a success but can act as a great lesson to all Americans now.
