America 1930-1939: Law and Justice Research Article from American Decades

This Study Guide consists of approximately 94 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of America 1930-1939.
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America 1930-1939: Law and Justice Research Article from American Decades

This Study Guide consists of approximately 94 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of America 1930-1939.
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In the years before World War I, the temperance movement had succeeded in convincing the legislatures of twenty-six states to enact laws banning the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages. The culmination of a long campaign directed initially against saloons and more recently against the production of alcoholic beverages, the movement's success was dramatically affected by the nation's mobilization for war. The need to conserve grain, the importance of maintaining some semblance of discipline and devotion to a patriotic cause, and the will to win all required a demonstration of the nation's sober determination to protect its interests. Toward the end of 1917, both houses of Congress had approved a resolution to amend the Constitution to prohibit the manufacture, transportation, or sale of alcoholic beverages. By January 1919 three quarters of the states had ratified this proposal, and it became effective...

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