Prohibition

Prohibition happend in the 1920's, it was a time when all alcoholic beverges were illegal to all ages. All the alcohol had to be thrown away or dumped into sewerges. Every bar or club had to either stop selling alcoholic beverges or complety shut down becaues they werent making any money due to the fact that they couldnt sell alcohol. But some bars and clubs (Speakeasies) were sneeking drinks to people that were willing to the chance of getting in trouble. When that didnt work people whent to the locol mobster/gangster to pruchase alcohol from them. Prohibition was to reduce crime , solve social problems and improve the hygiene of america. But this planned backfired the crime rate sky rocketed and prisons were getting packed. Prohibitin started in 1920 and by 1966 all across Americaprohibition was terminated!