Prohibition Reigns

Section 1. After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited.


Section 2. The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Section 3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.



This is the amendment that began prohibition. Prohibition became a big part of our countries history especially for the crime bosses and families of this nation. During this period, speakeasies began to become very popular hideouts. In order to enter a speakeasy, you had to have a secret password. Once in these often underground dens, there would be booze and women as well as poker and cigars. There were several raids on these types of hidden bars. When one would be found, the police would go in and conphiscate all the booze and often burn it or dump it. Due to this era, bootleggers flourished in the underground making of moonshine or whiskey. Those moonshiners would often be raided as well, with equipment being conphiscated and/or destroyed. Though booze was illegal, it was still a flourishing business in the underground.

Carrie Nation was one of the main protestors to gain prohibition. She physically went bar to bar destroying booze.