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Prohibition: Why Did America Change Its Mind?

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Prohibition: Why Did America Change Its Mind? Nebraska became our 36th state to pass the 18th Amendment. This event took place on January 16, 1919. It would have to take more than two-thirds of the Senate, two-thirds of the House of Representatives, and it also had to have three-fourths of the state legislature to approve the 18th Amendment. America would become a dry country. This happened because women and children would get beaten by drunk males that came home from the bar or work. The Volstead Act made beer and wine illegal. This made many people very angry. What were the reasons America changed their mind about Prohibition? America changed its mind about prohibition because of the rise in crime, difficulty with enforcement, and

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