ProhibitionOn January 16, 1919, the United States Congress passed the 18th Amendment prohibiting the sale, manufacture, importation, and transportation of alcoholic beverages. This met with strong resistance. The nation was divided into humid and arid counties where the humid counties drank and the arid counties did not drink. Even though they knew they were breaking the law, people continued to obtain and consume alcohol through the black market it sparked. After years of protests, Congress passed the 21st Amendment in 1933, repealing the 18th Amendment (Carnegie 1). Prohibition played an important role in the Roaring Twenties, radically changing American culture. Prohibition is considered a major failure in American history. , largely because it did little to stop people from getting alcohol, but it did a lot to grow the black market, in which individuals like Al Capone, Bonnie and Clyde, and John Dillinger thrived. Organized crime provided alcohol when legitimate businesses did not, and the side effects of this were increased crime rates and excessive violence (Car...