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10 pages in length. Prohibition was instrumental in creating a significant amount of social change during and after its existence; depending upon one's opinion, those changes have been construed as both good and bad. Initially, with the act of drinking being illegal, it forced people into the underground and made them imbibe with fear always looming over their heads. After Prohibition was repealed, there came from its absence a renewed strength and vigor that engulfed those who opposed it law in the first place. The writer discusses who the impact Prohibition had upon social change was both anticipated and monumental. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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forced people into the underground and made them imbibe with fear always looming over their heads. After Prohibition was repealed, there came from its absence a renewed strength and
vigor that engulfed those who opposed it law in the first place. For those -- typically the religious -- who believed that Prohibition was and still is the answer
to much of the crime problem, they carried with them the frustration of knowing that despite all good intentions, alcohol will always be an integral component to society. It
can be argued that the impact Prohibition had upon social change was both anticipated and monumental. I. WOMEN AND PROHIBITION It has been argued that women became a "major
political force behind Prohibition" (Neumann, 1997, p. 31) for the very reason that they were forced out into a decidedly more public existence. This new-found exposure was partly credited
to the fact that women supported the proposed outcome that Prohibition sought to achieve -- namely reducing the "evils long associated with male drunkenness" (Neumann, 1997, p. 31) __ but
they did not advocate the restrictive method by which government officials were going about it. Because it was commonly assumed that women backed such prohibitive legislation, it came as
a considerable surprise that Prohibition was not readily supported by women. This historical event of the 1920s marked a period when society saw a significant and everlasting change in
womanhood. It can be argued that women had a "desire to protect the home but opposed Prohibition as an act of state force" (Neumann, 1997, p. 31). Women took
a strong stand on Prohibition, whether that meant for it or against it. No matter the choice, the issue of banning alcoholic beverages hit a tender nerve in both
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