How did prohibition impact American Society?

Answer 1

Well we wouldn't have beer, wines and such if it was still a law, Also you know AlCapone well the drug/business of the older days wouldnt have happened Everything you need to know below at the site...
Effects:
The era inspired an extensive body of colorful literature, most of it alleging that the period was one of moral decay and social disorder precisely because of “Volsteadism,” which came to mean the intolerable searches, seizures, and shootings by police who, with their token enforcement, seemed to threaten intrusion into the private lives of law-respecting persons. It also alleged that Prohibition distorted the role of alcohol in American life, causing people to drink more rather than less; that it promoted disrespect for the law; that it generated a wave of organized criminal activity, during which the bootlegger (one who sold liquor illegally), the “speakeasy” (an illegal saloon), and the gangster became popular institutions; and that the profits available to criminals from illegal alcohol corrupted almost every level of government. Historians, however, believe that in the beginning of the era, and at least until the middle of the decade, most Americans respected the law, hoped that it would endure, and regarded its passage as directly responsible for the reduced incidence of public drunkenness and of alcohol-related crime, imprisonments, and hospitalizations. Statistics show that Prohibition reduced the annual per capita consumption from 9.8 liters (2.6 gallons) of absolute alcohol during the period before state laws were effective (1906-1910) to 3.7 liters (0.97 gallons) after Prohibition (1934). Moreover, no striking statistical evidence of a crime wave during the 1920s exists, although the crime rate did rise.

Answer 2

Prohibition had several effects on American society. Like everyone else has already stated, more and more people started breaking the law. Gangsters, like Al Capone, ran illegal speakeasies all over the country. However, there is more to it. Prohibition, also, hurt the common man. Farmers could no longer sell their crops (e.g. barley rye, grapes) and turned to moonshining to survive. It is funny how the main people to push prohibition (in the Bible Belt) were the ones to get hit the hardest.

Answer 3

I know that organized crime figures such as Al Capone made a lot of money selling illegal alcoholic beverages. Speakeasies, illegal drinking establishments also came into being.

Answer 4

Havent u ever heared of the twenties gangs ruling the streets all that stuff yeah

Answer 5

Gave power to organized crime. Look at the power and money drug dealers have today.

Answer 6

made us want to consume more... look at us we're a society of drug addicts and drunks..

Answer 7

made america less fun

Answer 8

led to more crime and illegal activity