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Prohibition
Kentucky Stills
Honest Prohibition agents put their lives on the line when they tried to close down moonshine stills in rural Kentucky.
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By the late 1920s, many Americans believe that Prohibition has failed.
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In 1920, Prohibition goes into effect and millions of citizens become lawbreakers.
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PROHIBITION tells the story of the rise and fall of the Eighteenth Amendment.