Prohibition
Prohibition in the United States\xa0was a nationwide\xa0constitutionalban on the production, importation, transportation, and sale of\xa0alcoholic beverages\xa0from 1920 to 1933.
During the nineteenth century,\xa0alcoholism, family violence, and saloon-based\xa0political corruption\xa0prompted\xa0prohibitionists, led by\xa0pietistic\xa0Protestants, to end the\xa0alcoholic beverage\xa0trade to cure the ill society and weaken the political opposition. One result was that many communities in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries introduced alcohol prohibition, with the subsequent enforcement in law becoming a hotly debated issue. Prohibition supporters, called "drys", presented it as a victory for\xa0public morals\xa0and health.
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