Prohibition in the United States was a period from 1920 to 1933 during which the federal government banned the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages under the 18th Amendment and the Volstead Act. 🍸 However, enforcing the law proved to be extremely inefficient and expensive. Underground alcohol production, bootlegging, secret bars known as speakeasies, widespread corruption, and organized crime networks flourished across the nation. 🚬 As the Great Depression struck in the

On 5th December 1933, the 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, and Americans could drink once again. The repeal of the 18th Amendment ended Prohibition. The footage below is of 100,000 people marching in New York in 1932 for the right to drink alcohol. | History Hit