Political: The federal authorities had never satisfactorily enforced a law where the majority of the people were hostile to it. The authorities were unable to legislate away a thirst or create a crime out of something millions of people never regarded as a crime.
Social: The legal abolition of alcohol was popular in the South and West because Southern whites wanted to keep such stimulants away from blacks. Although many in the South and the West advocated prohibition, those in the larger eastern cities had had society built around drinking in beer gardens and corner taverns.
Economic: Many took advantage of prohibition to earn more money by illegally making, transporting, and selling liquor to the people.
Social: The legal abolition of alcohol was popular in the South and West because Southern whites wanted to keep such stimulants away from blacks. Although many in the South and the West advocated prohibition, those in the larger eastern cities had had society built around drinking in beer gardens and corner taverns.
Economic: Many took advantage of prohibition to earn more money by illegally making, transporting, and selling liquor to the people.