Cover by Emily Niemiec
August 2, 1921
Table of Contents By Emily Niemiec
Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Is Prohibition Succeeding at ending the use of Alcohol? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Is Organized Crime becoming a Threat to America? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Creative product; organized crime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Subtract the 18th From the Equation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Anti Prohibition Comic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Prohibition, fueling organized crime? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Before and After Prohibition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
The Rise and fall of the 18th Amendment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
The Rise and fall of the 18th Amendment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Works Cited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
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Is Prohibition Succeeding at Ending the use of Alcohol? By Emily Niemiec Many people want to ban alcohol because the effects it has on family life, traditional values, individual health and mortality. So the government passed the 18th Amendment. But is it working? First let's take a look at what is supposed to be achieved by the18th amendment. The 18th Amendment intended to reduce drinking by abolishing the business that made and sold alcohol. This was thought to then reduce crime, gambling, government corruption and prostitution. The Amendment banned manufacture, sale and transportation of alcohol. Naturally the consumption of alcohol quickly declined. Some people stopped because it was scarce, others because they didn't want to break the law. But people who weren't fine with stopping quickly found a huge loophole. It never mentioned banning of drinking alcohol. Even if there isn't a loophole, plenty of Americans refused to obey the Amendment. Americans intend to have alcohol no matter what the government declares.
Many places are selling under the counter liquor. Currently, Bootleg ers and Moonshiners are the primary suppliers most of the drinking establishments. There has recently been a stream of smug led liquor from near the canadian border. These things prove Prohibition doesn't stop Americans.
People holding signs reading “WE WANT BEER”
But is the initial plan of abolishing the businesses that made and sold alcohol working? Well, some grape farmers are destroying their vineyards and planting orchards. But lots of other grape farmers are getting rich by finding loopholes such as making “wine bricks.” In conclusion, Prohibition is not succeeding at ending the use of alcohol. It is causing organized crime among citizens and the initial plan of prohibition is failing because some of those in the alcohol businesses are getting rich. 3
Is organized crime becoming a threat to America? By: Ian McAreavy
Have you noticed the increase in crime? Before prohibition became a law in the 1920´s, America was mostly free of crime. But today in 1929, America is turning into a train wreck. This is because of organized crime led by gangsters. Gangsters would smug le alcohol or liquor into the U.S and sell them across the cities. This makes them more powerful and richer. They use this power to bribe the government to let them do more illegal activity. The gangsters could get away with murder without any consequences. Government and prohibition agents enforce the prohibition law. But the government doesn't give enough fundings to the prohibition agents, so it makes it hard for them to enforce the law. Also, many of the agents are unqualified to do the work and they are constantly bribed by gangsters to join them. The government and prohibition agents can´t stop the organized crime. 4
Gangsters in the cities are very dangerous. They steal cars, engage in gun battles on the streets, rob banks, and other stores. Innocent people would die everyday because of these things that the gangsters do.
The citizens of America are at the point to where they are feeling threatened by the organized crime. The only way to stop the organized crime, is to repeal the prohibition act. This could maybe stop the organized crime rate.
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Subtract the 18th from the equation BY Phoebe Burt Do you like having a drink a long day at work? Well ever since prohibition (18th amendment) you haven’t been able to do that (legally at least). Prohibition made alcohol illegal january 17th of this year. This all happened when the women of our men started the temperance movement. The women would say “first our men take a drink, than the drink takes the man.” The women hoped that this would bring more money to the household and the government hoped that it would bring more money to the states. But prohibition did everything but that. One of the most important problem about prohibition was that it was difficult to enforce. When they made the new amendment the hope was to reduce drinking by eliminating the business that manufactured, distributed, and sold alcoholic beverages. But people were hiding liquor in coffee mugs hiding the identity of the drink people are smug ling alcohol into the u.s as well. But all this happening and more, where are the police? Nowhere to be seen because they aren’t following the law either. Funny right the enforcers are not enforcing. since prohibition there has been an increase in organized crime because of the lack of enforcement. The crimes have been murder to vandalism and even kidnappings. Gangs have started to rule all over especially in chicago.More and more gangs are popping up everywhere so there has also been an increase on gang activity.The worst part that most of
this is caused by the one and only Al Capone. Al as most called him is the brains behind a lot of alcohol smug ling in the U.S. So if you have a hidden stash then it might have smug led in by Al himself.
Al capone The very last thing why the 18th needs to go is because it is just not working as intended. The amount of drinking that has been going on has not decreased. Men are still spending their whole paycheck on alcohol, so that also people are still making money off of it. Prohibition has just caused more problems than there has been. These reasons are why the 18th needs to be subtracted, not being enforced,not working as intended, and is causing more violence and organized crime in the U.S. So what do you say America subtract it or keep it.
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Prohibition, fueling organized crime? By Sam Westergaard America has a disease right now, and that disease is called organized crime. Since the end of World War 1, twenty six out of the forty eight states have adopted Prohibition. Prohibition is basically a law banning any alcoholic beverage. In October 1919 President Wilson made a bill approving Prohibition, And thus the rise of organized crime. Before we begin let's start with bootleg ing, and people cooking alcohol. Despite the laws alcohol can be cooked, in such household items such as bathtubs. One homemade gin is called Vine-glo, it's the most addictive alcohol on the streets. Rumrunners are people who illegally import liquor. Sometimes the police need to resist the temptation. The police, and the 1,550 federal agents are now hired to uphold the 18th amendment. The ¨feds¨ are expected to cover over 18,700 miles of coastline to stop beer from being bootleg ed by gangsters. The feds have arrested 96,000 bootleg ers. Now let us move onto drys and wets. Wets have begun to advocate for a national beer ban (prohibition). And as you've guessed drys are people who despise organized crime. Much of america is supports organized crime. However drys don´t hate beer, they have argued distilling hard liquor as an option. We now to the volstead act. The act has defined any alcoholic beverage as anything containing 0.5% alcohol. Gangsters, and bootleg ers have become very good at outwitting the prohibition enforcement agency. People who have ignored prohibition have also become good at outwitting the police. In a way, yes prohibition is fueling organized crime. No matter how the government has tried to put a stop to it they seem to fail. Big time bootleg ers like Al Capone, and George Numas are one the streets right now because of organized crime. So the way many people see it the way to go is to end prohibition.
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Sam West
The rise & fall of the 18th amendment Prohibition has recently been causing a lot of controversy across the nation. But is Prohibition really helping or hurting America? Based on our research, we believe Prohibition is doing more bad than it is good. Prohibition has caused an increase in organized crime and gang related activity. Prohibition is supposed to improve family life, traditional values, individual health and mortality. Prohibitions plan is to abolish the manufacturers, transporters, and merchants of alcohol. Some of these people are quitting working in the alcohol industry. But some of them are doing exactly the opposite of what was intended by 18th Amendment, by becoming rich. Some specific groups in the alcohol business include Bootleg ers and Moonshiners. These groups are illegally selling, transporting and or making alcohol. Therefore the 18th Amendment is unfortunately causing organized crime in America. In a way prohibition gave organized crime a name. With alcohol banned across america many people are beginning to sell their own alcoholic beverages. These people sell bootleg ed beer or make their own, by cooking it. Let's go back to bootleg ing, one of the big est bootleg ers is Al Capone. Al Capone is a big gangster who bootlegs alcohol among other things. However Al Capone isn't the only bootleg er George Numus, is also a big time gangster, who is considered the king of bootleg ing. All of these gangsters and mobsters all are fueled by prohibition. 10
Have you noticed the rise in crime in America? In the 1900´s America was mostly free of crime. But that changed in the 1920´s when prohibition became a law. When prohibition became a law, organized crime became known across America. Gangsters roamed the streets causing havoc such as robbing banks and shooting innocent people. This is making the citizens in America feel threatened by the organized crime. This has harmed the citizens in many ways. Should the U.S repeal prohibition? We vote yes ever sence prohibition there has been a spike in organized crime such as murder, kidnappings, and vandalism. Ever since prohibition our country has not been safe. What doesn´t help is that our police are also against prohibition so they do not enforce anything, that just does not help. Since there is nobody to enforce, people are just doing whatever they please and that includes drinking alcohol. This is why Prohibition needs to be repealed. In Conclusion Prohibition has done more bad than good in America and should be considered harmful.
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Works Cited Emily Niemiec Hanson, Erica. The 1920s. Lucent Books, 1999. “Http://Downwithprohibition.blogspot.com.” Http://Downwithprohibition.blogspot.com, 28 Nov. 2010, 3.bp.blogspot.com/_RPV0WK18jYw/TPMto-JYzYI/AAAAAAAAABI/Q6gzFiwnNK8/s1600/Prohibition+Women.png. “Http://Www.nydailynews.com.” Http://Www.nydailynews.com, assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1536500.1484581825!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_1200/prohibi tion-era-new-york-city.jpg. Lindop, Edmund, and Margaret J. Goldstein. America in the 1920s. Twenty-First Century Books, 2010. Lusted, Marcia Amidon. The Roaring Twenties. Nomad Press, 2014. “Pouring out Beer.” Blogs.stockton.edu, WordPress, blogs.stockton.edu/prohibition/files/2015/04/prohibition_2605609b.jpg. Teeter, Adam. “Learn About Wine, Beer & Spirits. Drink In Delight!” VinePair, 24 Aug. 2015, vinepair.com/wine-blog/how-wine-bricks-saved-the-u-s-wine-industry-during-prohibition/. “Vote Dry.” Www.azpm.org, 28 Sept. 2011, media.azpm.org/master/image/2011/9/28/spot/prohibition_vote-dry_march.jpg. “We Want Beer.” History.blogberth.com, 26 June 2017, 68.media.tumblr.com/9e29fd9839b72bbe40d7e6f5fc5dfc42/tumblr_os4f88moSt1s7e5k5o1_1280.jpg?w=1400. “Wikipedia.org.” Wikipedia.org, upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Raid_at_elk_lake.jpg. Wukovits, John F. The 1920s. Greenhaven Press, 2000.
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Phoebe Burt LuÌ sted, Marcia Amidon, and Jennifer K. Keller. The Roaring Twenties: Discover the Era of Prohibition, Flappers, and Jazz. Nomad Press, 2014. www.american-historama.org/images/al-capone.jpg. “1920: The Beginning of Alcohol Prohibition - 20th Century Almanac.”
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