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18TH AMENDMENT - PROHIBITION

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258803867This banned the sale, manufacture and transportation of alcohol18th Amendment
258803868This movement attempted to dissuade people from becoming intoxicatedTemperance Movement
25880386918th Amendment lasted this long14 years
25880387018th Amendment was ratified on this dateJanuary 16, 1919
258803871The Volstead Act did thisBanned owning any item designed to manufacture alcohol was illegal
258803872The Volstead ActClarified the law to mean any beer, wine, or oher intoxicating malt or vinous liquors with more than .5% alcohol
258803873If alcohol was prescribed by a doctor this act allowed it.Volstead Act
258803874The 18th Amendment was repealed1933 repealed by the 21st Amendment
258803875He was a new breed of gangsterAl Capone
258803876Rum was smuggled from the CaribbeanRumrunners
258803877Illegal barsSpeakeasies
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