Blame it on the Alcohol Example

StudentNovember 2012

Why I chose this topic:• I knew there was a lot of information on the

topic.• It was an interesting subject.• The topic easily affected the areas of

government, culture, and economy.

Surprising Fact:In the early 1800’s, Americans drank more than five gallons of

pure alcohol per person per year, and currently the figure is

about two gallons per adult (Carlson 35).

Surprising Fact:The Ku Klux Klan was in

support of the Eighteenth Amendment

(Rogers 26).

Surprising Fact:Annual sales of bootleg liquor were estimated at $3.6 billion in 1926, which is roughly $43.4 billion in

2010 dollars. This sum was about the same as the federal budget that

year (Rogers 28).

SkillThe most important skill that I

learned was how to find reliable research and efficiently organize my thoughts and main ideas on

paper.

Works Cited http://

online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704342604575222132698695108.html

http://www.history.com/photos/al-capone-and-prohibition/photo11

http://rowellsapushistory.wikispaces.com http://

countryroadsmagazine.com/History/new-orleans-during-prohibition

http://neh.gov