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Why was Prohibition introduced?

Law Enforcement?

http://www.besthistorysites.net/USHistory_Roaring20s.shtml

http://prohibition.osu.edu/

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/timeline/progress/prohib/prohib.html

http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/mmh/clash/Introduction/Intro.htm

Connie's Inn, a major speakeasy of the 1920's and 1930's.

Men drinking in a "Blind Pig," or speakeasy.

A flapper hides a flask in her garters. Those who frequented speakeasies usually brought their own liquor with them, transporting it in their coat pockets, purses, or, as this woman demonstrates, in their stockings

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