one of the central facets of the roaring twenties was prohibition – the banning of alcohol. read percy andreae, “a glimpse behind the mask” and richmond hobson speech supporting prohibition, then write a paragraph that addresses the following:

in a paragraph for each, answer the following:

what did each person see as the motivation behind prohibition?
can you think of a current issue that looks similar to prohibition? compare and contrast the current issue you picked with prohibition. how are they similar, how are they different?