The Roaring Twenties shimmied into American life with a wink and a flask tucked into a garter— Prohibition had arrived! Uncle Sam wagged his finger at booze, but Americans just got craftier, spawning basement speakeasies where gangsters like Al Capone turned smuggling hooch into a booming business. By 1933, even the government had to admit: this nationwide sobriety experiment had flopped spectacularly.
Ellis Island, the "Gateway to America," processed over 12 million immigrants from 1892 to 1954, featuring significant milestones, a devastating fire, and ultimately becoming a museum honoring immigrant history.
Prohibition was the only repealed constitutional amendment, failing to reduce crime and generating significant revenue loss. It led to judicial backlog, illustrating the consequences of government overreach into personal freedoms.
