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In 1920, Prohibition goes into effect and millions of law-abiding Americans become lawbreakers overnight. Drys had hoped Prohibition would make the country a safer place, but the law has many victims
By the late 1920s, many Americans believe that Prohibition has failed.
Ken Burns and Lynn Novick discuss their film, Prohibition.
PROHIBITION tells the story of the rise and fall of the Eighteenth Amendment.
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