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Introduction: The Noble Experiment

The Roots of Prohibition Prohibition

The Temperance Movement Gathers Steam

Prohibition Becomes a National Issue

The Eighteenth Amendment

The Final Toast

Getting Around the Law

Crime in America

The Wet Revival

The Downward Slide

Repeal

Chapter 1 The Drys

Chapter Preface

The Evils of Alcohol

Give Prohibition Its Chance

Prohibition for the Common Good

Alcoholism Is Obsolete in the Industrial Age

Liquor Has Always Been in League with Rebellion

Chapter 2 The Wets

Chapter Preface

Prohibition Is the Devil's Deceit

The Puritanical Foundations of the Prohibition Movement

Prohibition Is Contrary to Human Nature

Prohibition Is Unenforceable

Chapter 3 The Cops and the Criminals

Chapter Preface

Prohibition Agent No. 1

The Danger of Unfit Prohibition Agents

The Untouchables

A Small-Time Crook

Rumrunners

Chapter 4 The General Public

Chapter Preface

If You Don't Like the Law, Break It

The Parlor

A Poor Substitute for the Real Thing

Women and Drinking

No Trouble Finding Alcohol

Chapter 5 Repeal

Chapter Preface

A United Cause

An Unfair, Unenforceable, and Un-American Law

A Dry Admits Prohibition's Failure

A Vote for Repeal

Prohibition Was a Success

Chronology

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Prohibition Research Article from History Firsthand

This Study Guide consists of approximately 202 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Prohibition.