Why Prohibition Failed

Name: Why Prohibition Failed
Uploaded: 2019-01-15T21:43:31+00:00
Duration: 4 min 50 s
Channel: Newsweek
Description: On Jan. 16, 1919, Congress ratified the 18th Amendment which banned the manufacture, sale or transportation of 'intoxicating liquors' in the United States. But the policy of prohibition would last from 1920-1933. Why did it fail?

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On Jan. 16, 1919, Congress ratified the 18th Amendment which banned the manufacture, sale or transportation of 'intoxicating liquors' in the United States. But the policy of prohibition would last from 1920-1933. Why did it fail?

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