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Created with Fabric.js 1.4.5 The History of Prohibition in the United States The people of the United States had mixed opinions of the Prohibition movement. Some felt that it was necessary, the Women's Temperance Union, but others, general population, felt that it was unfair and met in secret to drink in secret at speakeasies. In 1881, Kansas became the first state to outlaw alcohol in its Constitution. Carrie Nation becamepopular in the movement by enforcing the state's ban on alcohol consumption by walking intosaloons and using her hatchetto destroy kegs of alcohol. Carrie recruitedladies into the Carrie Nation Prohibition Group.Other states that banned the selling and consumptionof alcohol, those in the South, enacted prohibition legislation,as did individual counties within a state. In 1917 President Woodrow Wilson instituted a temporary wartime prohibition in order to save grain for producing food. That same year, Congress submitted the 18th Amendment, which banned the manufacture, transportation and sale of intoxicating liquors, for state ratification. Though Congress had stipulated a seven-year time limit for the process, the amendment received the support of the necessary three-quarters of U.S.in just 11 months. In 1917 President Woodrow Wilson instituted a temporary wartime prohibition in order to save grain for producing food. That same year, Congress submitted the 18th Amendment, which banned the manufacture, transportation and sale of liquors. Though Congress had stipulated a seven-year time limit for the process, the amendment received the support of the necessary three-quarters of U.S.in just 11 months. Following the 18th Amendment, there was a significant reduction in alcohol consumption among the public.There was a general reduction in crime, mainly in the crimes associated with the effects of alcohol consumption. Sadly, there were significant increase in crimes that involved the production and distribution of alcohol to supply the population that refused to quit drinking alcohol. Those who continued to drink alcohol turned to criminals who took advantage of weak enforcement, understaffed police forces, and corrupt government officials to establish the smuggling of alcohol. Anti-prohibition groups arose after the amendment had passed, and backed by powerful business interests and media members who built enough opposition to have the Eighteenth Amendment repealed. In February of 1933, Congress adopted the 21st Amendment to the Constitution, which repealed the 18th Amendment. That December, Utah became the 36th state to ratify the amendment, achieving the necessary majority for repeal. In February of 1933, Congress adopted a resolution proposing the 21st Amendment to the Constitution. That amendment would have repealed the 18th Amendment. That December, Utah became the 36th state to ratify the amendment, achieving the necessary majority for repeal. A few states continued statewide prohibition after 1933. By 1966, all of them had abandoned it. Since then, liquor control in the United States has largely been determined at the local level. In 2014, the consumption of alcohol is legal, unless you are under 21 years of age. Although it is legal, it is illegal to drive under the influence.
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