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Prohibition
The Gender Barrier is Broken
Prohibition led in a sexual revolution for women. Drinking at speakeasies, mixing more with men, flappers broke from the repression of their suffragette mothers' time.
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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.