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Prohibition movements are starting to become a common thing by people protesting who believe that liquor and drunkenness is a threat to the Nation.
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It was on this day that prohibition would be enforced by law. It was now illegal to manufacture and sell alcohol.
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There was a ton of "bootlegging going on during prohibition. Bootlegging is basically buying and selling and producing liquor while it was illegal. Al Capone was one of the biggest bootleggers ever.
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to this point in time there were many protests to remove the 18th Amendment and the government finally decided they had had enough. So they propose another amendment
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This legally allowed the selling of beer with a alcohol level of 3.2% or less to be sold in the United States.
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It was on this day that the 21st amendment was passed and it pretty much destroyed the 18th amendment.
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Even though in the governments eyes it was legal to produce and consume alcohol again some states kept prohibition on a statewide level.
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Mississippi was the very last state to allow alcohol within the state. After Mississippi declared it legal the whole USA was back to fully allowing alcohol.
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The passage of the Cullen-Harrison act is celebrated every year as "National Beer Day" on April 7th
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To this day, anything that has to do with alcohol is dealt with on a local government level if it has to be.