The great depression was an interesting period and their have been some great films about the hard times that people had to go through. Do you have a favourite film about the great depression? My favourite would have to be Cinderella Man. This is about a boxer during the depression called James Braddock and the film follows [...]

The great depression was a with out a doubt one of the most significant periods in history and there are some really great posters about the period. I think that the most moving poster is the one pictured above. It features the famous image of the destitute migrant mother with her children, travelling deparately in [...]

Nobody wants anything like the great depression to happen again, but will it? Thankfully we have been enjoying some very good years, economically speaking, but will this trend continue? The stock market has been doing very well, with all stocks rising, as the stock chart shows. But will there ever be another Wall Street Crash? From the above chart [...]

So in conclusion, the main factors that contributed to prohibition repeal in December 1933 were the lack of public support for prohibition, the role of organised crime, the problems of enforcing the law as well as the fact that some supporters of prohibition changed their attitudes to disagree with it and economic and political factors. [...]

I think that the most important factor that led to the repeal prohibition in 1933 was the lack of public support for the law. If the vast majority of people had supported prohibition and had not drunk, then there would have been no market for organised crime to make huge amounts money from. The gangsters [...]

So I have covered the main factors that led to the repeal of prohibition in December 1933. However many of them are linked. The lack of public support for prohibition meant a large demand for liquor which brung in the role of organised crime to illegally bootleg the liquor. As there was lack of support [...]

Political factors were crucial to the timing of prohibition repeal. This is because there was a presidential election in 1932 and Roosevelt and the Democrats stood for the repeal of prohibition. Roosevelt promised a New Deal to put America back to work and restore to economy. By repealing prohibition Roosevelt could tax the liquor and [...]

Economic factors were very important to the timing of prohibition repeal. The Wall Street Crash of 1929 sent America into a economic depression and caused mass unemployment. One of the arguments for prohibition was that it would make America a more efficient work force. This was obviously no longer valid as the economy was in [...]

Some of the same people that supported prohibition in the first place now began to change their minds. After the St. Valentines Day Massacre, a former supporter of prohibition, Pauline Sabine, said she was “convinced that its failure”. In May 1929 she formed the Chicago Women’s Organisation for Prohibition Reform. With weeks she had over [...]

The increase in crime and corruption led to people turning against prohibition and toward prohibition repeal as it had caused a huge increase in crime. Corruption in the authorities was one of the key problems of enforcing the law. The gangsters bribed the authorities and so it was very difficult to convict any of them. It [...]

Prohibition was ignored by many people so the law was in effect almost useless as there was still a strong demand for alcohol, and people were still drinking. This large demand meant there was a lot of money to be made in the illegal liquor trade. Gangsters moved into bootlegging and began to get extremely rich. [...]

From the very start of prohibition in 1920, the law against the drinking of alcohol was ignored by many people. The lack of public support for prohibition was one of the most important long term factors that led to its repeal in December 1933. In 1933, 282122 illegal stills were seized. In 1925 there were [...]

This is a great question which many people have tried to answer. Why was prohibtion repealed so soon after it had been introduced… Over the next few posts I will cover the reasons why it was repealed and I will try to answer the above question. Prohibition was repealed in December 1933 because of a variety of [...]

Here are some of the reasons why the American government was force to repeal the Prohibition Act of 1920. St Valentines Day Massacre of 1929. Seven of the Bugs Moran Gang were shot by Al Capone’s gang. There was a high demand for alcohol. Corrupt police and politicians. Police sometimes escorted bootleggers. There were 136 gang related killings in Chicago [...]

There were two main reason why prohibition failed. Firstly there was not enough officials to enforce the law. America’s border is 32000 km long and its population was over 100 million. However there were only 4500 prohibition agents. Secondly, criminal gangs moved into the business and made a fortune. Therefore they could bribe officials and so the crime [...]

Prohibition never worked. In 1925 Americans drank 200 million gallons of spirits, 685 million gallons of malt liquor and 118 million gallons of wine. By 1932 there were 200000 speakeasies in the USA. In New York alone there were 32000 speakeasies whereas before prohibition there were only 15000 saloons. Did prohibition ever work? Tags: alcohol, spirits, usa, wine, new york

Prohibition failed because gangs of criminals moved into the bootlegging business. They made so much money that they were able to pay off officials to kept themselves out of trouble. The biggest gangster was Al Capone. By 1927, Al Capone was making $60,000,000 a year from bootlegging alcohol. A racket was where gangsters threatened shop and business owners [...]

Prohibition was the banning of alcohol that began in the USA in 1920. Speakeasies were the secret bars and saloons that illegally sold alcohol usually in back rooms or cellars. Bootleggers were the people who illegally smuggled alcohol into the USA Moonshine was was special spirit made in home-made stills. If there are any other words that you dont [...]

Religious groups e.g. The Women’s Christian Temperance organisation believed drink was a source of evil. Some of the negative affects of alcohol argued by the dries were: Crime Poverty Immoral Behaviour Inefficiency at work Alcohol was said to be hindering the war effort by: Inefficiency in the workplace Barley should be used for bread not alcohol Many brewers were German. It was [...]

The dries used World War One to try and get prohibition introduced. As many American brewers were of German descent, Germany and therefore alcohol was blamed for the war. German drinking habits had led Germany to “brutality and cruelty” Also anyone “who works the land to produce drink instead of of bread” was considered to [...]