Conclusion

The 18th amendment was repealed on December 5, 1933 and alcohol could once again be consumed openly throughout the streets of America. The end of Prohibition helped to pull America out of the Great Depression, giving jobs to many unemployed citizens and adding taxes that would help the nation's finances (Slavicek 88).

Prohibition failed because many of the groups that supported it initially were either hypocrites or had their own personal reasons for desiring it that were not beneficial to America as a whole. There were also many loopholes within it that made alcohol easily attainable. Moreover, when alcohol became illegal it was glamorized and considered classy amongst Americans; matched with the consumerism of the 20's, people spent a lot on liquor. The raised desire for alcohol linked to the crime and corruption that increased and became organized in a greater level than it had been in years before.

"Undertaken to reduce crime and corruption, solve social problems ... and improve health and hygiene in America. The results of that experiment clearly indicates that it was a miserable failure." - Mark Thornton, historian (Worth 104).