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America 1930-1939: Law and Justice

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Prohibition and Social Control

By 1932 public support for the prohibition of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages had dropped to a point where the Democratic Party could, with little fear of alienating the voters, include repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment (prohibiting the sale, manufacture, or transportation of intoxicating beverages) in its platform. Inconsistency in the law's application, doubt as to its enforceability, disgust with the little respect shown.....

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