a state of great commotion, confusion, or disturbance; tumult; agitation; disquiet: mental turmoil caused by difficult decisions. 2. Obsolete. harassing labor.
Prohibition had the effect of escalating crime in the United States. When the selling of alcohol was legal, there was no fighting between gangs and other groups for the control of liquor. With the advent of prohibition, the problem of.purchase, distribution, and killing for liquor rights became a primary factor in. A Brief History on the Prohibition of Alcohol In 1920, the National Prohibition Act was implemented in the United States. 2  This act banned the manufacture, sale and transportation of alcohol within the country.
The prohibition of alcohol in the 1920's and 30's in the United States is one of most famous, or infamous, times in recent American history.The intention was to reduce the consumption of alcohol by eliminating businesses that manufactured, distributed and sold it.874) and the Prohibition Party (est. 1869). In 1893 the Anti-Saloon League was established and these three influential groups were the primary advocates for the eventual passage of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution.