★ The 18th amendment prohibited the making or selling of alcoholic drinks in the United States for a healthier , happier country.
★ But many Americans were not willing to give up alcoholic drinks.
★ Millions began to break the Prohibition law.Illegal drinking places were called "speakeasies", the city of Chigaco had 10,000 of them.New York had 32,000.
★ By the end of the 1920s most Americans regarded Prohibition as scandal.
★ Prohibition was finally given up in 1933.But it had done the USA lasting harm.
★ It made law-breaking a habit for many, gangsters remained powerful.
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