18th Amendment

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    1st prohibition law is passed in Maine.
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    13 more states follow Maine. Pass laws banning alcohol.

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    National Prohibition Party is founded.

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    Anti-Saloon League is formed.

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    US Senate passed the Volstead Act December 18th. This was one of the significant steps to get this amendment passed.

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    Iowa allows alcohol.

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    The Volstead Act passed through the US Congress. This established the enforcement of prohibition

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    Bootlegging is on the rise. One important is Al Capone who highlights the darker side of bootlegging in Chicago.

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    With the ban of alcohol, many residents in a small town decided to be outlaws by producing a high caliber whiskey known Templeton Rye.

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    Rosevelt signs the Cullen-Harrison Act. This allowed the. manufacturing and selling of some alcohol. On December 5, the 21st Amendment was signed which put an end to Prohibition.