During the 1920s, there was an experiment in the United States "Prohibition", this experiment, carried out by the government, was written in the form of the 18th amendment . Prohibition led to smuggling, increased crime and gang wars. The experiment of stopping all import, export, transportation and sale of alcohol. Prohibition has been tried for a long time under the name of temperance movements, the movements that attempted to stop alcohol consumption began in the late 1700s. The first group that wanted temperance was formed by a group from Litchfield, Connecticut in 1789. Evangelical Protestants primarily comprised these groups; however, they wanted moderation to avoid drunkenness. The people most affected by alcohol abuse are women and children due to economic problems and physical violence. Because of this, women began to become involved in the temperance cause, and in 1874 the Woman's Christian Temperance Union was established in Cleveland, Ohio. This group played an important role in the prohibition of the 1920s. Prohibition was a reform measure of the progressive political party. The Progressives began in Chicago and their main opponents of Prohibition were Catholics and Germans. The company wanted to reduce worker drunkenness for more production. Working-class immigrants spent a lot of time in saloons getting drunk, when it was legal. Prohibition only made drinking alcohol more difficult. With that, the Bootleggers and the Rum Runners began. Criminals began to organize because of the smuggling, production and distribution of alcohol. Al Capone and his famous gang were considered the greatest organization. Also, the production of "Moonshine" or "Hooch...... middle of paper ...... on February 14, 1929. Four of Capone's men entered the main headquarters of George's smugglers "Bugs »Moran. Seven men were killed. For all of Capone's crimes, he was convicted of tax evasion in 1931. Due to his health problems during his time in prison, he did not spend many more years after his release on November 16 1936. The Volstead Act was passed. more severe in 1929 with the adoption of the Jones Act amendment; it said anyone seen with an alcoholic beverage or bottle or seen without notifying authorities would be charged with a crime. The end of Prohibition came in 1933 with the 21st Amendment. Alcohol became not only legal, but also taxable. When alcohol became legal, a list of rules came with it; one of the rules was that beer could not be sold between 3 a.m. and noon on Sundays in order to avoid problems with church services..