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On January 16, 1920, the Eighteenth ********* caused into effect the Volstead Act—named for its author Minnesota Senator Andrew Volstead—which prohibited the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within the United States and all territories subject to its jurisdiction.
For 13 years alcoholic beverages were prohibited in the United States, leaving countless numbers of Americans jobless; turning once law-abiding saloonkeepers into criminals, forced to operate underground in illegal speakeasies; and essentially creating bootlegging, the newest and biggest money-making venture for the mob. Could boxing one day become the next Prohibition? [details]
For 13 years alcoholic beverages were prohibited in the United States, leaving countless numbers of Americans jobless; turning once law-abiding saloonkeepers into criminals, forced to operate underground in illegal speakeasies; and essentially creating bootlegging, the newest and biggest money-making venture for the mob. Could boxing one day become the next Prohibition? [details]