Thirteen Lost Years

Thirteen-year period of prohibition. 1920-1933
First of all prohibition means, the act of prohibiting or the condition of being prohibited, or al law, order, or decree that forbids something. Prohibition in the 1920s was when alcohol sale, transportation, manufacturing, and possession were forbidden in the United States. The goals of prohibition were to, 1 reduce the consumption of alcohol, 2 reduce crime, corruption, poverty, death rates, solve social problems, reduce the tax burden created by prison and poor houses and improve health and hygiene in America. …