Document D by Kayleen Lay

2. WHAT WAS THE VOLSTEAD ACT?

404177_2 — 2024-03-14 19:01:45 UTC

- The Volstead Act enforced the 18th Amendment banning all alcoholic beverages. Defined drinks more than 1% alcohol.

3. WHAT IS THE AUTHOR OF THE DOCUMENT MOST UPSET ABOUT?

414880_1 — 2024-03-14 19:05:26 UTC

The author is most upset about the corruption within the Congress. That the men who have enforced these laws are the ones violating it themselves.

4. HOW DOES THIS DOCUMENT HELP EXPLAIN WHY AMERICANS WANTED TO REPEAL THE 18TH AMENDMENT?

4151271 — 2024-03-14 19:11:00 UTC

The reason the people wanted the 18th amendment to be repealed was because of the ineffective enforcement, harsh enforcement techniques, crime related to the illegal liquor traffic, a need for tax revenue during the Great Depression, and widespread defiance of the law.

SUMMARY

4151271 — 2024-03-14 19:17:03 UTC

The author who wrote this document is trying to explain to the readers the frustration she feels over how the men who enforced the Volstead Act are in turn violating it themselves. She feels upset about the corrupted senators and congressmen who prosecute bootleggers yet themself are one. Prohibition fell off fast because of a favor with the American public. The ineffective enforcement, harsh enforcement techniques, crime related to the illegal liquor traffic, a need for tax revenue during the Great Depression, and widespread defiance of the law. With the public and difficult to enforce plus Alcohol consumption and distribution was under the control of organized crime who were not paying taxes.

1. WHO IS THE AUTHOR OF THE DOCUMENT AND WHAT GOVERNMENT POSITION DID SHE HOLD?

431297_3 — 2024-03-14 19:19:57 UTC

The author of the document was Mabel Walker Willebrandt. The government position she held was Deputy US Attorney General for Prohibition Enforcement.

CREATED BY -

414880_1 — 2024-03-14 19:34:21 UTC

Kayleen Lay

Chris Villalobos

Diane Alvarez

Jonathan Salgado