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by Herminne Tonita -
In 1919 the American people voted in favor of a new amendment to the Constitution. The Eighteenth Amendment prohibited the making or selling of alcoholic drinks in the USA. People who supported "prohibition" claimed that it would stop alcoholism and drunkenness and make the United States a healthier, happier country.
But many Americans were not willing to give up alcoholic drinks. Millions began to break the prohibition law deliberately and regularly. Illegal drinking
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bootleggers,
1919,
alcohol,
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