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Prohibition in the United States
Title: Prohibition in the United States
Category: History
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Prohibition in the United States
"Prohibition did not achieve its goals. Instead, it added to the problems it was intended to solve." On Midnight of January 16, 1920, one of the personal habits and customs of most Americans suddenly came to a halt. The Eighteenth Amendment was put into effect and all importing, exporting, transporting, selling, and manufacturing of intoxicating liquor was put to an end. Shortly following the enactment of the Eighteenth Amendment, the National Prohibition Act, or the Volstead Act, …showed first 75 words of 1658 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1658 total…Edward. Prohibition: Thirteen Years That Changed America. New York: Arcade Publishing, 1996.
2. Bowen, Ezra, ed. This Fabulous Century. 6 vols. New York: Time Life Books, 1969.
3. LaGuardia, Fiorella H. "American Prohibition in the 1920s." 1926. Online. Netscape. 23 April 1998.
4. McWilliams, Peter. "Prohibition: A Lesson in the Futility (and Danger) of Prohibiting." Online. Netscape. 23 April 1998.
5. Thorton, Mark. "Policy Analysis: Alcohol Prohibition Was a Failure." July 17, 1991. Online. Netscape. 23 April 1998.
6. Wenburn, Neil. The USA: A Chronicle of Pictures. New York: Smithmark Publishers Inc., 1991.
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