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Kansas was the first to outlaw alcohol out of all the states
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Americans during WWII wanting to use the grain to feed soldiers and other Americans
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Prohibition didnt actully go into effect until January of 1920
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The total worth of america doubles within the time span of prohibition and then the start of The Great Depression
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Congress looked at the medical uses for alcohol and that it could he a proscribed medication
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Capone selling bootlegged alcohol
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Places in which sell and sever liquor "underground"
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The admission rate into a mentle institutions for Alcohol dropped in 1928 to just 4.7 of 100,000
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A record of 12.9 mil shares where traded that day
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Everyone started putting there savings into stalks which caused rapid expiation
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By 1930 4 mil. people were out of work and couldn't find it..
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A drought began in the central area of america
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In 1931 400 Pharmacists and 1000 Doctors where caught scamming Doctors were caught selling proscription pads to bootleggers
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6 Mil. out of work by 1931
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A massive dust storm started a year after the start of the drought, Which caused years of drought during and after this time.
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Prohibition was repealed in 1933, only 13 years after the start of prohibition
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Thousands of banks were closing there door
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The Rest of the banks were ordered to close down
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The Legalization of beer with and alcohol content of 3.2%
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In 1934 there was approximately 35 million acres were rendered useless and another 125 million acres losing top soil.
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The 1960's protests included the Civil Rights Movement, the Students Movement, the anti-Vietnam War movement, the women's movement, the gay rights movement, and the environmental movement
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The most well know and major movement of its time and was just the start of major movements.
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This was the protest to fight human pollution, and the exploitation of natural materials.
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A protest to end laws against homosexuality and end traditional basest of even today.
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The fight for equality for the women of America
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People would protest Americas involvement in the Vietnam war. Between 1959 to1975
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Nixon desides to expand the war to Cambodia. This made many Americans angry.
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20 million Americans got together to protest the abuse to the environment.
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Congress in 1971 Ban the discrimination of women and girls in schools.
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In 1962 they only had 41,000 members but by 1980 they had 400,000 members.