[DOC] [TLE] Prohibition in the United States - Wikipedia [PAR] Prohibition in the United States was a nationwide constitutional ban on the 
production, importation, transportation and sale of alcoholic beverages that 
remained in place from 1920 to 1933. It was promoted by the "dry" crusaders, a 
movement led by rural Protestants ... The U.S. Senate proposed the Eighteenth 
Amendment on December 18,... [DOC] [TLE] Prohibition - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com [PAR] The ratification of the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitutionwhich ... 18th. It 
was ratified by the end of that year, bringing the Prohibition era to a close. ... 
Women played a strong role in the temperance movement, as alcohol was seen 
as a destructive force in families and marriages. ... America Goes Dry with 
Prohibition... [DOC] [TLE] prohibition facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles ... [PAR] The popular name for the period in U.S. history from 1920 to 1933 when the ... 
The eighteenth amendment to the U.S. Constitution authorized Congress to 
prohibit ... that viewed the consumption of alcohol as sinful and a destructive 
force in society. ... Counties that prohibit the sale of alcohol are known as dry 
counties, and... [DOC] [TLE] Prohibition | Define Prohibition at Dictionary.com [PAR] ... letter) the period (192033) when the Eighteenth Amendment was in force .... 
The repealing amendment allowed individual states and localities to remain dry
... [DOC] [TLE] Exhibition - American Spirits: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition [PAR] As the 18th Amendment went into effect, Americans could no longer ... those 
tumultuous years of 1920 to 1933, and why the country went dry in the rst place. 
... The establishment that was seen as the most destructive force in American life 
by ... During this time period, the techniques for transporting beer greatly 
improved. [DOC] [TLE] Did Prohibition Really Work? Alcohol Prohibition as a Public Health ... [PAR] Drinking habits underwent a drastic change during the Prohibition Era, and ... 
both the story of the dry era and the reasons why it continues to be 
misunderstood. ..... Another force energized by Prohibition also promoted 
drinking: the liquor .... Hamm Richard F., Shaping the Eighteenth Amendment: 
Temperance Reform,... [DOC] [TLE] -- Prohibition in the 1920s -- Main Part [PAR] The Eighteenth Amendment was put into effect and all importing, exporting, ... 
Soon after the Volstead Act came into force, gangs appeared everywhere taking 
... Corruption spread to every government department with dry law 
responsibilities. ... During Prohibition, the United States experienced a period of 
law injustice; the... [DOC] [TLE] The States and the Prohibition Amendment: CQR [PAR] A decision upholding the validity of the Eighteenth Amendment was handed ..... 
to the states would undoubtedly contain a clause affording a period of a year or ... 
Certain states which were dry before the coming into force of the Eighteenth... [DOC] [TLE] Prohibition - Digital History [PAR] At midnight, January 16, 1920, the United States went dry; breweries, ... the dry 
forces had triumphed by linking Prohibition to a variety of Progressive era social 
causes. ... Even before the 18th Amendment was ratified, about 65 percent of the
... [DOC] [TLE] How Prohibition backfired and gave America an era of gangsters ... [PAR] Aug 25, 2012 ... How Prohibition backfired and gave America an era of gangsters and 
speakeasies .... As early as 1916, some 26 out of 48 states were already dry, and 
once the ... In January 1919, the Eighteenth Amendment had been ratified by 36 
states, and ... By the time the Volstead Act came into force, the heyday of... [DOC] [TLE] Prohibition: Roots of Prohibition | PBS [PAR] ... and fall of the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the entire 
era it ... the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), became a force to be 
... The American Issue, with headline, "U.S. Is Voted Dry", Anti-Saloon League... [DOC] [TLE] Prohibition | Immigrant Entrepreneurship [PAR] Sep 20, 2011 ... The Prohibition era denotes the thirteen years of National Prohibition ... [1] 
Equally unprecedented was the fact that the 18th Amendment would be ... as 
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Question: The "dry" period in which the 18th Amendment was in force
Answer: Prohibition