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What did prohibition do?
It attempted unsuccessfully to stop the consumption of beverage alcohol, but it ended up creating massive problems in society.
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Why did you have prohibition?
A number of western countries have tried to impose alcohol prohibition within the last 150 years, all in an unsuccessful attempt to prohibit the consumption of alcoholic beverages.
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When was prohibition?
Prohibition started in January 17, 1920 with the ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment to the U. S. Constitution.
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When was there prohibition?
National Prohibition in the US was from January 17 of 1920 to December 5 of 1933. Other countries have had prohibition at different dates.
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What was prohibition?
National Prohibition of alcohol in the US outlawed the production, transportation and sale (but not the consumption) of alcoholic beverages. The movement began in the mid-nineteeth century and...