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Capone was the largest organized crime leader in the USA from, running moonshine across state lines to holding up people on the streets and other gangs around
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition_in_the_United_States 1920 the 18th Amendment was ratified and the dry country was brought to organized crime and bootlegging across the nation
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http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2015/12/five-interesting-facts-about-prohibition%E2%80%99s-end-in-1933/
Allowed people to drink low alchohol content and wine before the 18th was repealed -
http://www.history.com/topics/18th-and-21st-amendments
Americans Against Prohibition Association added a disappointment to the 1932 Democratict Presidential candidate but he came through with a plank against prohibition -
“When Prohibition was introduced, I hoped that it would be widely supported by public opinion and the day would soon come when the evil effects of alcohol would be recognized. Instead, drinking has generally increased; the speakeasy has replaced the saloon; a vast army of lawbreakers has appeared; respect for the law has been greatly lessened; and crime has increased to a level never seen before.”
John D. Rockefeller
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This action required state conventions not state legislatures to approve the amendment.
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Utah was the 36th state to ratify the amendment which means they achieved the 3/4 to repeal the 18th
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North and South Carolina rejected the 21st Amendment
http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2015/12/five-interesting-facts-about-prohibition%E2%80%99s-end-in-1933/ -
By this time everybody had abandoned the prohibition
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Mississippi finally ended prohibition
