"No person shall on or after the date when the eighteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States goes into effect, manufacture, sell, barter, transport, import, export, deliver, furnish or possess any intoxicating liquor except as authorized in this Act... The word 'liquor' or the phrase 'intoxicating liquor' shall be construed to include alcohol, brandy, whisky, rum, gin, beer, ale, porter, and wine." — Volstead Act (National Prohibition Act), 1919
An unintended consequence of the Volstead Act during the 1920s was
- Acheck_circle
the rise of organized crime and bootlegging in major cities
- B
a permanent decline in alcohol consumption
- C
the strengthening of the temperance movement abroad
- D
the elimination of speakeasies in urban areas
Explanation
Figures like Al Capone built criminal empires around bootlegging, and speakeasies proliferated, undermining respect for law and contributing to repeal in 1933.