Emergence Of Modern America: The Roaring Twenties - Prohibition

Prohibition, enacted by the 18th Amendment, aimed to ban alcohol production and sales, driven by the Temperance Movement. Despite intentions to improve society and economy, it led to illegal activities like speakeasies and bootlegging, benefiting organized crime. Prohibition was widely violated and eventually repealed in 1933.

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