States ratified the 18th Amendment the following year. Herbert Hoover called prohibition a "noble experiment," but the effort to regulate people's behavior soon became troubling. Enforcement of prohibition became very difficult as time passed. Soon, such terms as "bootlegger," "bath tub gin," and "speakeasy" became household words. Gangs of hoodlums became more powerful as they trafficked in alcohol. By the 1930s, a majority of Americans had grown tired of the noble experiment, and the 18th Amendment to the Constitution was repealed (http://www.classbrain.com).
In other word they wanted it order and control which backed fired on them.
When you tell us that we cannot have something, it is generally in our human nature to make that thing our first priority to obtain. Prohibition is a perfect example of that and it created disrespect for the law. Abraham Lincoln, in his speech on 18 Dec. 1840, before the sitting in of the Illinois House of Representatives, stated:.
Prohibition will work great injury to the cause of temperance. It is a species of intemperance within itself, for it goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation, and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded. (Abraham Lincoln, 9) .
America should have learned or at least heeded this advice. As Lincoln stated, people's human nature took over and law abiding citizens became criminals-it was foreseen by previous elites. Many criminals were caught, but many criminals had to wait over a year to be put on trial because the government's legal system was unable to keep up with the massive increase in crime. When there is a demand for something, there will always be people who will bring supply to fulfill your demands. There was a demand for illegal liquor everywhere and that created men like Al Capone and Charlie "lucky" Luciano.