Amendment+21W4

=** 21W4 **= =The Twenty-First Amendment=

**__What issues prompted the creation of your amendment?__** Katherine Albano
====There were many issues that prompted the creation of the 21st amendment. Mainly, many people were illegally buying, selling, making and drinking alcohol. Crime rate became higher than it ever had before and the black market for alcohol was often very violent. Meanwhile Al Capone was making millions off of selling illegal beer and liquor, he made around 60 million dollars anually. A very large number of Americans began blaming the prohibition for all of the crimes. The government eventually lost money and support. In 1933, congress proposed the 21st amendment which repealed the 18th amendment, making it legal to buy, sell and drink alcohol.====

**__What impact did your amendment have on society at that time?__** Katherine Albano
The 21st amendment had a very positive effect on society. First of all, crime rate dropped. While the prohibition was taking place, there were many criminals that were buying, selling, drinking and making alcohol. The prohibition did not end drinking, it only reduced it. After the prohibation was repealed, these criminals no longer could make money off of alcohol because it was now legal. Another positive effect was that the government now got more money. Durring the Prohibition Era, people were drinking but they were not paying taxes for it so the government lost a lot of money. In addition, it now gave people the choice to drink or not. While the prohibition was going on, people were not allowed to drink but now it is a personal choice. Drinking is a responsibility and now people had a choice. Adults now were able to make the desison for themselves. All in all, the 21st amendment had a positive effect on society.

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**Q: __Did the original prohibition cause the result that the government expected?__**
===**A: No, the government and many others thought that creating a law that banned alcohol would make crime rate drop but instead, crime rate soared higher than it ever did before. This is because many people did not agree with this law and they rebelled against it. Hundreds of people illegally bought, sold and drank alcoholic beverages that they smuggled in from other countries.**===

**Q: __Was there a main group of people who were against alcohol?__**
===**A: Yes, mainly women were protesting aginst alcohol because their husbands would drink to much and becoume drunk. It would very often split up families. There was even a few orginizations aginst alcohol. They were called Woman's Christian Temperance Union and Anti Saloon League.**===

**Q: __Why did the prohibition increase the ammount of crime?__**
===**A: Many, many people did not agree with this law and felt that it was not nessasary so they rebelled. Because there was such a large amount of people illegally buying and selling alcohol, crime rate got much, much higher than it ever had before. Some people even consiter it to be the event that really started crimes.**===

**Q: __Was the original prohibition caused by people thinking that alcohol drinking was linked with crimes?__**
===**A: Yes, a lot of people believed that people drinking too much alcohol was a direct link to the crimes that were occurring. This was one of the reasons why the temperance union aginst alcohol was formed.**===

**Q: __How did the citizens react to this amendment?__**
===**A: There were many different reactions when this amendment passed, some positive and some negative. Mainly women were not very pleased with this amendment, this is because now buying alcohol would be easier and people would be able to drink more. The women were not pleased because before the prohibition, many women stated orginizations protesting alcohol so when the prohibition was over turned, they were not overly thrilled. Many men would drink to much alcohol and become drunk, many times, this split up families. On the other hand many people, mainly men loved this new law, they would no longer have to smuggle alcohol and drink it illegally, they would now be able to go to a store and buy it just like any other idem.**===

**Q: __Was alcohol a big issue to society?__**
===**A: Alcohol was not as big of a problem until it was banned. Before the prohibition, it did not cause nearly as many problems as it did durring the Prohibition Era. Durring this time period, more people were getting drunk, people were making alcohol in their homes and people were bootlegging. Then after the 21st amendment was passed, alcohol was not as big of a problem anymore.**===

__**Works Cited:**__
__**[|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-first_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution#Background]**__ __**[]**__ __**[]**__ __**[]**__ []