The correct answer to this open question is the following.
Prohibition generated more problems than the solutions that were originally planned.
The lesson was a tough one to learn, and teh American people hope these mistakes won't repeat again.
The federal government was so naive in thinking that Prohibition was the ideal solution. Probably, it was the easy way for it to accept the demands of teh Christian society of the time.
Nevertheless, the results were completely different. Prohibition fostered mafia in America. Licor started to sold in illegal ways, in illegal places, and this created an underground industry that produced millions of dollars behind legality.
Many clans were formed, criminals sprouted, and their leaders began to control important parts of large cities. Police had to intervene but the cost was high.
We hope that the government and society had learned the lesson. Prohibition, per se, has never been a real solution.
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Answers will vary but should address these points:
Many Americans did not consider drinking to be a crime.
The wording of the Eighteenth Amendment banned only the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages. It did not explicitly ban the possession or consumption of alcohol. Many people saw this as a loophole in the system and continued to drink.
Prohibition failed because it was unenforceable. The federal government did not have ample staff to monitor the execution of the ban.
Alcohol was always available through bootlegging.
The movies and the culture of the time, along with glamorization of the mafia, made drinking more appealing to young Americans.
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