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The people had suffered this act were brought to a conclusion, but with

the thought of reality of Prohibition in practice the charm was undone, and the

law appeared in its true aspect a monstrous reversion to the bogies of our

historical infancy. (Monahan 82)

National Prohibition, brought about by the Eighteenth Amendment and

enforced through the Volstead Act, lasted for over ten years. Besides a

growing lack of public support for both Prohibition and temperance itself, the

outlaw of alcohol continued throughout the United States—at least in the law

books. In practice, however, National Prohibition was much less effective

than temperance and Prohibition leaders had hoped, in the end causing more

problems than it solved. Once started, Prohibition led to the rise in crime

during the twenties, the public health problems associated with bootleg liquor

and alcohol substitutes, the problems between religious, racial, and the

political rise in response to its presence.......

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