Prohibition in the United States 13 years. Who proposed the ban and what was its purpose? ?

The ins and outs of prohibition of alcohol were closely related to the complex social background at that time. It is related to American religion, politics, social culture and many other factors, and even has a strong connection with the background of World War I at that time. In short, this is a cultural war promoted by religious background, progressivism and feminist movement, in order to solve social problems such as high crime rate, domestic violence and immigration contradiction.

The implementation of prohibition was once regarded as the victory of the feminist movement. This photo shows Boston women crushing ice cubes used to freeze beer in restaurants. When you see the happy expression on these women's faces, you can see that these feminists hate drinking.

This is a "wonderful" period in the history of American wine industry, which not only has a different degree of influence on all aspects of American social life, but also has a far-reaching impact on American wine industry.

An irresistible desire

It is not difficult to imagine that people can always circumvent the ban in various ways. After the prohibition was promulgated, the black market of liquor with high profit and violence flourished because of the corruption of law enforcement personnel and extortion. The high profits of liquor smuggling make liquor more popular. Prohibition also promoted the development of Hollywood gangster films, such as Once upon a time in America, The Road to Destruction and Miller's Crossing. In fact, according to statistics, the amount of alcohol consumed during prohibition even far exceeded that before, which is very ironic.

Those good wines

There are policies above and countermeasures below, and people have many means to deal with the explicit prohibition of the constitution. For example, the constitution stipulates that it is illegal to sell alcoholic beverages, but it cannot prohibit the sale of brewing materials. At the same time, there are many wonderful wines on the market.

Family Brewing: Legal and illegal family brewing was very popular during prohibition, and many families were brewing a certain amount of wine and cider.

Near beer: It is a kind of beer with an alcohol content of only 0.5%. This is because alcoholic beverages that were banned at that time were defined as beverages with alcohol content exceeding 0.5% in the Constitution, so this product is not illegal.