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100 years since Prohibition: how it set the standard for "pressure group politics"

This year marks the 100 year anniversary of Prohibition, which took effect nationwide on January 16, 1919, when Nebraska ratified the 18th Amendment, which barred the “manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes.” Prohibition brought in the era of speakeasies and Al Capone's Chicago Outfit. But the battle...

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