Prohibition-Per+5+2012

Prohibition - declared all alcoholic beverages illegal. People would get around this law by going to speakeasies or making moonshine in their kitchens Prohibitionwas put into effect on January 16,. During Prohibition in the United States, themanufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcoholic beverages were restricted or illegal. The purpose was supposed to lower crime and corruption. Alcohol became more dangerous to consume because they created their own pure alcohol. The need for alcohol, people created speakeasies, which were underground bars. Most women were for the 18th amendment because they didn't like having their husbands out all night coming home drunk.