Complex sentence: For the following 13 years Prohibition was officially in effect, though the ability to enforce it was limited by the Volstead Act and by corrupt and complacent politicians who overlooked illicit manufacturing and smuggling.
Split into simpler sentences: For the following 13 years Prohibition was officially in effect. Though the ability to enforce it limited by the Volstead Act and by corrupt and complacent politicians who overlooked illicit manufacturing and smuggling.