Essays Tagged: "Prohibition"

Theodore Seuss Geisel III - The Great American Children's Poet

sets of grandparents were from Germany. Theodor Jr.was a wealthy brewer and tavern owner until the Prohibition. Then heworked as the manager of the Springfield Zoo. Ted also had an older sisternamed ... rtmouth he got into a bit of trouble when the policearrested him for drinking. (This was during the Prohibition.) As punishmenthe was kicked off the school magazine, The Jack O'Lantern, to which hecon ...

(2 pages) 62 0 4.0 Sep/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

The Case for Legalizing Drugs

ubstances by deeming them legaland prohibit others by creating penalties for their use?The issue of prohibition is certainly not a new one to our nation. In 1919, the 18th Amendmentprohibited the manu ... r death of many consumers. Finally in 1933, politicians buckled and repealed the 18thAmendment. The Prohibition attempt of the early 20th century provides the perfect historicalsupport for the decrimi ...

(12 pages) 431 0 4.4 Dec/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Mise-En-Scene Analysis The Untouchables

ce, the uptight, "dorky", government official,entered the picture to help Ness fight his battle for prohibition,and ultimately, against Capone. Wallace discovered that Caponehasn't paid his taxes for ...

(2 pages) 96 0 3.5 Nov/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Martin Luther King

in the United States than in any other country that had ever practiced slavery, and ever since its prohibition, African-Americans have fought oppression. Martin Luther King Jr., would aid immensely i ...

(3 pages) 129 0 4.4 Feb/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

Capital Punishment

laws were appliedin an 'arbitrary and capricious' manner and, thus, violated the EighthAmendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment, and theFourteenth Amendment's guarantees of equal ...

(7 pages) 400 0 3.8 Jan/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Pass the Peace Pipe

atives across America has grown to a riotous roar. The problem is that the long-standing and unjust prohibition of the psychoactive drug marijuana has been lifted by voters in Arizona and California. ... icted drug trade. But the opportunities that are missed and the pain and suffering endured from the prohibition of marijuana, are oppression not protection. Our country was founded on a policy of demo ...

(3 pages) 43 0 4.4 Jan/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

The War America Can't Win

r on drugs.As time goes on, it becomes more and more evident that the war on drugs is as useless as prohibition was almost 80 years ago. Now it has become a point of pride for our elected officials, w ...

(5 pages) 188 1 4.6 Nov/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Why Drugs should be legalized

ubstances by deeming them legal andprohibit others by creating penalties for their use?The issue of prohibition is certainly not a new one to our nation. In 1919, the 18th Amendmentprohibited the manu ... ordeath of many consumers. Finally in 1933, politicians buckled and repealed the 18th Amendment.The Prohibition attempt of the early 20th century provides the perfect historical support for thedecrimi ...

(12 pages) 387 1 4.4 Oct/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Freedom of religion

. One right is the constitutional protection for the free exercise of religion. The second right is prohibition of the establishment of religion by the state. The founders of the constitution recogniz ...

(3 pages) 169 0 4.4 Oct/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Love at All Costs In "The Great Gatsby" by Fitzgerald

ng out small drug stores in various cities, so that he could sell bootlegged liquor to people while prohibition was in effect. 'He and this Wolfsheim bought up a lot of side-street drug stores here an ...

(4 pages) 59 0 3.0 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Abortion should be kept out of the Criminal Code

safe, commonly stipulating athreat to the woman's life as the sole ("therapeutic") exception to the prohibition.Occasionally the exception was enlarged to include danger to the mother's health as well ...

(5 pages) 94 0 4.3 Jan/1994

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sex & Sexuality

Prohibition and Its FailuresThis is about Porhibition and how it failed. Prohibition was a time when crime was on the rise. organized crime was established for the first time also.

Prohibition and Its FailuresProhibition in the United States was a standard intended to reduce drink ... the Volstead Act which defined liquor as ant beverage which contained 0.5% alcohol content or more. Prohibition, the experiment that never really succeeded for many reasons.Many leaders were very conc ... very concerned about the drinking behavior of Americans, drinking was a highlight of peoples lives. Prohibition was supported by some big businessmen like John D. Rockefeller, whose arguments were how ...

(3 pages) 296 1 4.4 Jan/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Human Rights

A look at the moral crisis of the 1920s - specifically: prohibition, fundamentalism, and the new women known as "flappers".

nking and make changes that left important effects on the years to come.Contrary to common opinion, prohibition was not created to stop drinking. There were already laws against intoxication and many ... eaning in alcohol - not in water.) Also, drinking was on the decline. There were two main points to prohibition: preventing foreign enemies from profiting, Americanizing immigrants, and shutting down ...

(5 pages) 174 0 3.7 Jan/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

"Legalization Of Marijuana" Pro Marijuana

juana is given a chance. Legalizing marijuana would increase our economy's revenue. During alcohols prohibition, alcohol was still sold and used, but people were doing it illegally. Then the governmen ... ohol was still sold and used, but people were doing it illegally. Then the government took away the prohibition law and alcohol taxes were increased. The same thing should happen with Marijuana. Marij ...

(2 pages) 332 5 3.7 Mar/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Lowering the Drinking Age to 18.

of this debate, and both sides of the argument to lower or even raise the MLDA.Following the end of Prohibition, each State developed its own set of policies to regulate the distribution, sale, and co ... ol of adulthood. (Dr. Engs, 1)Through all the years of debate and legislation, including the 1920's Prohibition of alcohol, drinking by minors remains evident and going strong. So the argument is for ...

(5 pages) 214 1 4.6 Apr/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

The History of the FBI

They would soon become very important.The 20's and 30's was a time of great criminal activity with prohibition in full force.Gangsters were having great success's because there crimes were federal in ...

(5 pages) 109 0 3.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

taxation of e-commerce

ld not be taxed.In 1998, Congress passed the Internet Tax Freedom Act. The Act imposed a three-year prohibition on the imposition of state or local taxes on Internet access fees. The Act also prohibit ...

(8 pages) 218 0 4.9 Apr/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

The causes of prohibition and its effects on America.

rt was gained for temperance the 18th amendment was finally passed. Here are the events that led to prohibition and the effect that prohibition had on America, especially in the big cities.The tempera ... far too radial for most political leaders, and no party made an official decisive action concerning prohibition until the 18th amendment was passed in 1920. The desire for prohibition was more section ...

(5 pages) 114 3 4.6 Apr/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

The Roaring 20's.

flipped upside down with the end of World War I. I now know how the Depression began and all about prohibition. Everything we knew before the war completely reversed and we went straight downhill. Al ...

(3 pages) 91 0 5.0 May/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Death Penalty.

view and debate, the justices decided that the death penalty did not violate the Eighth Amendment's prohibition of "cruel and unusual punishment," therefore the death penalty was permissible.The selec ...

(3 pages) 222 1 4.7 May/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty