Critical Thinking Questions   Home       If you'd like to print out this page, click the Print button above. Alternatively, you may click the printer icon on your browser's toolbar, or choose File>Print from the menu.     Describe why you think Prohibition actually became law? What were the socio-economic class issues involved in the era of Prohibition? Imagine if the manufacture, distribution, and consumption of alcohol were prohibited today. What do you think it would be like? Would it result in more "lawlessness?" In 1933 the U.S. government repealed the Prohibition amendment. Why and how do you think the end of this so-called "noble experiment" came about? Do you think economics and the free market had anything to do with why Prohibition laws were repealed?