... a constitutional amendment("The Anti-Saloon League" http:www.history.ohio-state.edu ). With World War I as a distraction, and proclaiming prohibition a suitable national sacrifice, Congress accepted the 18th amendment to the constitution. Many Americans who were not for prohibition continued to fight because the amendment still had to be ratified. However, by January of 1919 the amendment had been ratified by all ... the big business bootlegging from Canada to Florida. If Capone did have that widespread of an influence then Joseph Kennedy, of Boston, worked for him. Kennedy made his for...

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