Prohibition

Prohibition, aside from being a general term, refers to the illegality of the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages, such as in the United States from 1920 to 1933 under the terms of the Eighteenth Amendment.

See also

• Al Capone
• Bronfman family
• Drug abuse
• Ku Klux Klan
• Mafia
• Meyer Lansky
• Moe Dalitz
• Progressive Era

External links

Encyclopedias

• Encyclopedia Britannica: Prohibition
• Encyclopedia.com: Prohibition