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... of the Jazz Age. Prohibition Prohibition in the United States was designed to reduce drinking. The Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution took away license to do business from the brewers, distillers, and retail sellers of alcohol. The leaders of the prohibition movement were afraid of the drinking behavior of Americans. The prohibition leaders thought that once the license to sell alcohol ... ...
... of the Jazz Age. Prohibition Prohibition in the United States was designed to reduce drinking. The Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution took away license to do business from the brewers, distillers, and retail sellers of alcohol. The leaders of the prohibition movement were afraid of the drinking behavior of Americans. The prohibition leaders thought that once the license to sell alcohol ... ...
... of the Jazz Age. Prohibition Prohibition in the United States was designed to reduce drinking. The Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution took away license to do business from the brewers, distillers, and retail sellers of alcohol. The leaders of the prohibition movement were afraid of the drinking behavior of Americans. The prohibition leaders thought that once the license to sell alcohol ... ...
... commoners obtain a lot of money through this behavior. Bootleggers had a very profitable businesses (one bootlegger was worth more than five million dollars). Over 2 billion that went to legitimate brewers and distillers would shift to the pockets of violent thugs and slick bootleggers. This boom in business came with a heavy cost. Over 500 Prohibition agents and 2,000 others like gangsters, rum runners ... ...
