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Prohibition
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With the passage of the 18th Amendment, Prohibition became the law of the land.
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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.