Prohibition

**by becky thompson! **
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==Prohibition lasted for 14 years of United States history. The manufaturing, sale, and transportation was made illegal . == ==Prohibition was a time that even the average citizen broke the law. It was a time that was characterized by glamor, gangsters, and speakeasis. Prohibiton would stop all of the husbands from spending all of the incomming money on alcohol. Prohibiton also caused the accidents at work to stop, beacause all of the men working drank alcohol during their lunch break. Examples include: if you were to drink during prohibition then you would go to jail or you would be killed. some more examples include: if you were to have a party in secret with achoholic beverages included you would go to jail or be killed if you were caught. Most of the people that through these types of parties were caught and most of the time killed. ==


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Prohibiton was a law stating that you couldnt drink alcoholic beverages. This law lasted for nearly fourteen years, and lasted through the years 1920-1933. Prohibition began on Janurary 16, 1920, when this law was into effect they had police officers enforce this law. Even though there was this law not to drink alcohol, people did find a way to be able to drink. People would buy alcohol for personal use. The Volstead Act allowed people to consume alcohol as long as it was perscripted by a doctor, and however there was a large number of perscriptions for alcohol use. picture found on: [|www.googleimagesprohibitionpictures.com]



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  The 18th amendment to the Constitution had been ratified. Some <span style="color: #7107a6; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">﻿ say Prohibition was the by-product of the stress and excesses of the war. Believed that it was only the coming of the depression because of the high demand of employment. More hospital patients more reported during the Prohibition. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">[]

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