https://padlet.com/10809820/zch4afqdj63wyfhs en-us 2023-05-17 18:16:20 UTC 2026-02-27 17:45:02 UTC hello@padlet.com 2455142 https://padlet.com/10809820/zch4afqdj63wyfhs/wish/2595128054 The 21st Amendment repealed the previous Eighteenth Amendment which had established a nationwide ban on the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol on December 5, 1933.]]> 2023-05-17 18:28:12 UTC https://padlet.com/10809820/zch4afqdj63wyfhs/wish/2595128054 2628493 https://padlet.com/10809820/zch4afqdj63wyfhs/wish/2595129981  Wets were those who stood against the law, as they believed that drinking alcohol has nothing to do with being sinful but just enjoying the pleasures that were given to them. Due to this ban many normal civilians who enjoyed their wine or gin were now being associated with criminal activity as they now had to rely on confidential clubs that sold alcohol better known as Speakeasies and bootleggers basically the drug dealers of alcohol just to be able to celebrate. The 1920’s
Section 4 - Wets and Drys Clash over Prohibition article speaks on this as it states, " The growing demand for liquor created a golden opportunity for crooks like Al
Capone. Bootlegging [bootlegging: the production, transport, and sale of illegal alcohol] was a multibillion dollar
business by the mid-1920s. Chicago bootlegger Capone exhibited his wealth by driving around in a $30,000
Cadillac while flashing an 11 1/2-carat diamond ring. To keep his profits flowing without government
interference, he bribed politicians, judges, and police officers. He also eliminated rival bootleggers. His
thousand-member gang was blamed for hundreds of murders. In 1931, Capone finally went to jail—not for
bootlegging or murder, but for tax evasion.
As lawlessness, violence, and corruption increased, support for prohibition dwindled. By the late 1920s,
many Americans believed that prohibition had caused more harm than good. " (The 1920’s
Section\ 4 - Wets and Drys Clash over Prohibition, 2023, para. 9 & 10)  It seem as though the 18th amendments control in all the Wets life caused the exact same thing they were trying to prevent corruption. ]]> 2023-05-17 18:29:55 UTC https://padlet.com/10809820/zch4afqdj63wyfhs/wish/2595129981 2628493 https://padlet.com/10809820/zch4afqdj63wyfhs/wish/2595130130 Individuals in the 1920s who were considered "Dry" were those who were in support of the 18th Amendment as they believed that the banning of alcohol allowed for a better community. Unlike the "Wets" as they saw alcohol for all of the damage that caused and could possibly do for all the families and citizens who were continually buying into it. Ultimately yearning for a better society their goal was to clean the streets up and purify the lives of many as they associated alcohol with the high crime rates and immorality in their day and age; They saw the problem and found their solution. As in the article The 1920’s
Section 4 - Wets and Drys Clash over Prohibition it states " Traditionalists and progressive reformers saw passage
of the Eighteenth Amendment, which prohibited the manufacture, sale, or transport of alcoholic beverages, as a
great victory. They pointed to evidence that alcoholism caused crime, violence, and the breakup of
families. "Drys," as backers of prohibition were known, believed that stopping people from drinking would result
in a healthier, happier society.
Drys also saw prohibition as a way of taming city life." (The 1920’s
Section\ 4 - Wets and Drys Clash over Prohibition, 2023, para. 2 &3) Drys were trying to live the best life they could apart from the social norms that included the abusive and deceptive power that alcohol put on others. ]]> 2023-05-17 18:30:04 UTC https://padlet.com/10809820/zch4afqdj63wyfhs/wish/2595130130 10809820 https://padlet.com/10809820/zch4afqdj63wyfhs/wish/2595130869 The 18th Amendment is the imposing of the federal prohibition of alcohol. In the Constitution, it states "After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited." (Congress, Section 1). It emerged from the organized efforts of the temperance movement and the Anti-Saloon League. Most of the organized efforts supporting prohibition involved religious coalitions that linked alcohol to immorality, criminality, and, with the advent of World War I, unpatriotic citizenship.]]> 2023-05-17 18:30:45 UTC https://padlet.com/10809820/zch4afqdj63wyfhs/wish/2595130869 10809820 https://padlet.com/10809820/zch4afqdj63wyfhs/wish/2595131114 The prohibition caused a rise in mass disobedience. People who could afford the high price of smuggled liquor flocked to speakeasies and gin joints.

Working-class consumption largely moved from saloons into the home. “Bathtub gin” and moonshine took the place of mass-produced liquor, and hosts might use additives to turn grape juice into wine for their guests. Americans who sought to remain in the liquor business found ways to redistill the alcohol in perfume, paint, and carpentry supplies. They continued redistilling even after learning that many of these products contained poisons meant to deter such transformations.

There were also many strategies for circumventing federal law: some states might refuse to pass prohibition laws, repeal existing laws, or underfund enforcement agencies. Federal law enforcement agencies were stretched too thin—and were too poorly funded by Congress—to make a substantial impact on American drinking habits when local and state agencies were uncooperative. The persistent problems wrought by poor law enforcement inspired Americans not only to ignore the Eighteenth Amendment but to overturn it]]> 2023-05-17 18:30:58 UTC https://padlet.com/10809820/zch4afqdj63wyfhs/wish/2595131114 2628493 https://padlet.com/10809820/zch4afqdj63wyfhs/wish/2595136114 During the prohibition there was two separate opinions concerning the recent ban of alcohol these groups were know as either "Wet" or "Dry". ]]> 2023-05-17 18:35:26 UTC https://padlet.com/10809820/zch4afqdj63wyfhs/wish/2595136114 2455142 https://padlet.com/10809820/zch4afqdj63wyfhs/wish/2595144264 As states began to ratify the approval of alcohol, liquor legally began to flow in some American cities. As patrons purchased their first authorized drinks since 1920. Delivery truck engines purred as they left liquor warehouses. Thousands of champagne corks popped, and hundreds of thousands of glasses clinked to toast drinkers’ regained freedom. Licensed hotels, restaurants and nightclubs dusted off their dormant glassware, and waiters relied on muscle memory to mix drinks from the “cocktail wagons” that they wheeled to customers’ tables (Klein, 2023, para. 6). This not only positively affected major alcohol companies, but also affected transportation organizations and bars/restaurants. ]]> 2023-05-17 18:43:04 UTC https://padlet.com/10809820/zch4afqdj63wyfhs/wish/2595144264 10809820 https://padlet.com/10809820/zch4afqdj63wyfhs/wish/2595154371 2023-05-17 18:52:18 UTC https://padlet.com/10809820/zch4afqdj63wyfhs/wish/2595154371 2628493 https://padlet.com/10809820/zch4afqdj63wyfhs/wish/2595344879 2023-05-17 23:21:40 UTC https://padlet.com/10809820/zch4afqdj63wyfhs/wish/2595344879 2455142 https://padlet.com/10809820/zch4afqdj63wyfhs/wish/2596259231 Author Daniel Okrent notes in “Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition” that the 21st Amendment “made it harder, not easier, to get a drink” because along with legalization came regulations on closing hours, age limits and Sunday service (Klein, 2023, para. 11). This led to congressional acts being made in order for alcohol to be a controlled substance. The 21st amendment specifically led to The National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984.

]]> 2023-05-18 13:19:34 UTC https://padlet.com/10809820/zch4afqdj63wyfhs/wish/2596259231 2455142 https://padlet.com/10809820/zch4afqdj63wyfhs/wish/2596331913 The National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 is a federal law signed by President Ronald Reagan (R) on July 17, 1984, that prohibited the purchase and possession of alcoholic beverages for individuals under the age of 21. The concept that a person becomes a full adult at age 21 dates back centuries in English common law; 21 was the age at which a person could, among other things, vote and become independent. It was first regulated that it was legal to drink at the age of 18 years of age after the 21st amendment was administered but later proven that teenagers at the age of 18 years were irresponsibly driving from state to state. Critics of the change decried rises in alcohol-related traffic fatalities among 18- to 20-year-old drivers in areas where the drinking age had been lowered. Teenagers from the more restrictive state would drive into the one where they could buy booze, drink, and then drive home, which created a perfect storm for traffic fatalities (Trex, 2023, para. 4).]]> 2023-05-18 14:14:37 UTC https://padlet.com/10809820/zch4afqdj63wyfhs/wish/2596331913