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Following repeal some states continued prohibition within their own jurisdictions. Almost two-thirds of the states adopted some form of local option which enabled residents in political subdivisions to vote for or against local prohibition. For a time, 38 percent of Americans lived in areas with Prohibition. [1]
- Prohibition in the United States - Wikipedia
The Prohibition era was the period from 1920 to 1933 when...
- Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Eighteenth Amendment ( Amendment XVIII) to the United...
- Prohibition in the United States - Wikipedia
Nat’l Comm’n on Law Observance and Enf’t, Enforcement of the Prohibition Laws of the United States, H.R. Doc. No. 71-722, at 20 (1931) (The Eighteenth Amendment represents the first effort in our history to [extend] directly by Constitutional provision the police control of the federal government to the personal habits and conduct of the ...
The Repeal of Prohibition. The economic conditions of the early 1930s, and the expectation of putting an end to the nation’s flawed and unpopular ban on liquor, helped lead Roosevelt to a historic landslide victory over President Hoover in 1932. To repeal or not to repeal Prohibition was a major issue during the 1932 presidential election ...
See also United States v. Constantine, 296 U.S. 287, 294–96 (1935) (holding that the Eighteenth Amendment’s repeal deprived Congress of the power to impose penalties for violating state liquor laws that criminalized the sale of alcoholic beverages); United States v. Kesterson, 296 U.S. 299, 300 (1935) (same).
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Prohibition Party, oldest minor U.S. political party still in existence. It was founded in 1869 to campaign for legislation to prohibit the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors, and from time to time has nominated candidates for state and local office in nearly every state of the Union. Rural and small-town voters affiliated with ...
