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Assignment 1: Objective 2 Question 2: How did prohibition change US society in the 1920s? After prohibition became the 18th amendment to the constitution in 1919 and prohibition became a nation wide law, it is a true fact that alcohol consumption and drunkenness declined sharply. In addition, medical statistics recorded a drop in the number of treatments for diseases associated with alcoholic psychoses. However, the negative impact of the law was so large, disaster in the US society was created by the deadly law of prohibition. Drinking became secretive and more expensive as it was against the law to sell, make or transport alcoholic drinks, but alcohol consumption didn't stop. 'Bootleggers' brought illegal liquor supplies to the cities and was sold at basement bars locked behind doors called, 'speakeasies.' One of the most famous and powerful bootleggers was Alphonse Capone who dominated the city of Chicago. The profits from bootlegging were so great that...

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