Impact on prohibition
- The 21st amendment impacted prohibition dramatically. The 21st amendment ceased the consistency of crime and boot legging. The organization of crime was at havoc throughout America. Repealing prohibition increased tax revenue and sales taxes. As it slowed down the rate of alcohol sources, it boosted the economic struggle that the country has been fighting since the ban of alcohol.
Organized crime during prohibition
Prohibition played a huge role in organized crime because the availability of liquor was absent bootlegging became a profitable industry. More and more gangsters became involved in the money-making business. Crime became much more organized because it became a source of income such as consuming alcohol. The money involved of the bootlegging industry, there was much rivalry between gangs. This profit cost over four hundred gang related murders in a year in Chicago alone.
Drinking laws
The 21st amendment lets states decide their own drinking laws. Most are the same in every state but there is a slight difference in all states. Most states require you to be 21 to drink. Also no one is allowed to drive under the influence.
Economy
Prohibition caused many to break the law in order to support their families. The economy plummeted financially due to the cause of the real of alcohol. People in the alcohol business either had to find a lower- paying work or became criminals. Prohibition lost a significant amount of tax revenue because alcohol sales went down.