Prohibition

Prohibition is a video uploaded by OverSimplified. It covers the nationwide ban on the production and sale of alcohol in the United States from 1920 to 1933.

Summary
For centuries, Alcohol has been used as a beverage in the United States. Women decided to protest against Alcohol but had to stop due to problems at their home. Wayne Wheeler created the Anti-Saloon League and manage to convince the public about Alcohol being ban by using fear. When the nation join the Entente in WW1, Alcohol become really unpopular due to its connection to Germans. In 1919, an act to ban Alcohol beverages was ratified. The American public discovered several loopholes in the act. Corruption and crime grew at this time due to the illegalization of Alcohol. When the Great Depression happened in 1929, Prohibition became unpopular. When Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected, Alcohol was legal again. Things changed after Prohibition ended, including criminals turn for drugs.

Trivia

 * This is the first and only video that doesn't cover either a person or a war, unless one counts the Three Kingdoms video.
 * This used to be OverSimplified's longest video but was overthrown when the Pig War episode arrived.
 * This is the twenty-fourth video to get uploaded to the OverSimplified channel.