Prohibition Era (1920's)?

Question

I have an assignment for my 10th grade honors history class where we have to pick any american history topic and come up with discussion questions for that topic to lead the class. An example would be 'What affect would the Holocaust have on the world if it were going on today?' I was thinking about doing prohibition of alcohol. What are some discussion questions and answers tying in that topic with the world today. I do have a few in mind, I'd just like to hear some others for a better understanding on the positive and negative points of it.

Answer 1

What, pray tell did the Holocaust have to do with probation? the Holocaust wouldn't have been "going on" it would have been over after a few years, the Jews would have been exterminated and it would have been over. Had we listened at first and heard the cry of their fears, we would have stepped into the European campaign earlier and tried to stop the Nazis.

Probation was a farce that wasted both the time and money of the government. It helped create, not "created" the Mafia and other gangs involved in smuggling, the gangs were already there. They took advantage of it.
It did bring about the F.B.I. and increased the powers of the Federal Prosecutors office. It changed many of our laws and amended many more.

Answer 2

The first, and most critical, might be the question: Did it work? And the answer is, of course, no, it didn't. It pushed alcohol into the balliwick of the gangs, the underworld and lead to corruption throughout the system. Much as the prohibition on recreational drugs is doing today. Prohibition helped glamorize drinking, and also promoted illicit businesses who made alcohol out of any and everything, often killing their customers with their poisonous brews.
There aren't many positive sides to prohibition - despite what the WCTU (Women's Christian Temperance Union) believed, because the demon rum didn't go away.
When a 'forbidden' substance is made reasonably available, and relatively inexpensive, it loses its glamour.

Answer 3

See the Yahoo! group Remember_The-Holocaust for continuing genocides today such as Darfur, as well as numerous acts of hate such as the recent attack in East Germany on Indian inhaabitants, but you need to make the effort to learn , You are welcome to the group if you want to join: Here is a description of the worldwide Yahoo! group I moderate(I am a Holocaust Survivor),
What can we, as humans,possibly do for the victims of the Holocaust?

We can remember by promoting tolerance and human rights. The group's primary purpose is educational, informative , even instructive Learn about the history of the Holocaust. Ask any questions you may have, participate , and often messages related to the Holocaust will be posted. In addition, the moderator proposes a site of the week. You are encouraged to visit our comprehensive list of links which feature various facets of The Holocaust, Genocide Watch, Human Rights and Tolerance education. The Files feature, contains larger historical content as well as research directories. All members of Yahoo groups are expected to abide by Yahoo 's "Terms of Service . We are a collegial thinking group. The moderator survived The Holocaust as a teenager. (The group's membership is global from all 5 continents and encompasses varied backgrounds ,religions, etc., and ranging from students to esteemed scholars.)

[The picture taken in 1937 is of the moderator then at age 4 1 / 2 years old with his foster parents , a childless aunt and uncle,who had reared him from a year old until the age of almost six years old Then, he escaped alone from Germany to Belgium where his parents moved in 1933.. His aunt and uncle were victims of the Holocaust.]

Answer 4

"How did the Prohibition of alcohol lead to the rise of organized crime in the US?"