The 18th amendment to the constitution was passed by congress in 1917. ... Eventually, the Anti-Saloon League, working with the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and other dry groups accomplished what they had set out for in establishing prohibition in the American constitution. ... The commercial made liquors came over Canadian and Mexican borders from countries such as the Bahamas, Cuba, and France. ...

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American Prohibition "After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacturing, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation there of, or the exploitation there of from the US and all its territories subject to the jurisdiction there of for beverage purposes is here by prohibited" (Antony 121). These words marked a change in the American way of life forever. The law was intended to improve America and show the rest of the world that a country could survive without alcohol. Instead it led Americans to distrust and hate go...

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