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On January 29, 1919 the 18th amendment was added to the constitution, 36 states had ratified it. The 18th amendment outlawed the sale, production, and distribution of alcohol. Prohibition has begun.
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The Volstead act went into effect on october 28, 1919. This stated the punishements if you were caught breaking the 18th amendment.
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During the 1920's, the rise of bootleggers, such as Al Capone in Chicago, highlighted the dark sides to prohibition. There was a lot of violence going on with gangs fighting and compeating to sell there alcohol.
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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. I have slowly and reluctantly come to believe that this has not been the result. Instead, drinking has generally increased; the speakeasy has replaced the saloon; a vast army of lawbreakers has appeared; many of our best citizens have openly ignored Prohibition; respect for the law has been greatly lessened.
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On August 11th, 1932, Herbert Hoover gave an acceptance speech for the republican presidential nomination for president which he discussed the ills of prohibition and the need for it the end.
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On Feburary 20, 1933, Congress proposed the 21st amendment which was to try to repeal the 18th amendment and end prohibition.
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On this date Frankil D. Roosevelt sighned the Cullen-Harrison Act which legalizes the manufacture and of certain alcohol.
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On December 5, 1933, the 21st amendment was added to the constitution which repeled the 18th amendment and ended prohibition.
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Some states continued to prohibition by maintaining state wide temperance laws. Mississippi was the last dry state in the union.
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Kansas bars continued to prohibit public bars until 1987 even after all the state prohibition laws had been lifted.
