During the 1920s to the mid 1930s the National Prohibition Enforcement Act forbade the manufacture of alcohol beverages with alcohol content greater then 0.5%. Americans believed that alcohol intoxication of individuals had slowly been getting out of hand, resulting in family violence and abuse, poverty, crime, and incompetence. Speakeasies were illegal nightclubs fro drinking. The "Maine Law" of 1851 prohibited the manufacture and sales of intoxicating liquor. Temperance was social movement when a large number of people …showed first 75 words of 760 total…

…showed last 75 words of 760 total…of the 21st amendment. So once again the states were in control of liquor legislation. Even though the 21st amendment was in place the next phase in historical movement was protecting Americans from intoxication. The sales of alcohol still proceed and are still abused even today. In the 1930s with the past political and social movements such as the temperance act and speakeasies, there was great confusion between whether to allow drinking or not to.