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Prohibition

Neal Dow

Wealthy Mayor of Portland, ME. In 1851 he demanded the state legislature ban the sale of alcohol.
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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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A Nation of Drunkards
PROHIBITION tells the story of the rise and fall of the Eighteenth Amendment.
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