Prohibition or Lack Thereof

Prohibition or Lack Thereof Prohibition protestors demonstrating for the repeal of Prohibition in Washington, D.C. in 1925. ROB BOWE CONTRIBUTOR The production and use of alcoholic beverages has always been a big part of America’s economy and history. Part of that history has been the concern over alcohol abuses. After the Civil War into the 1870s, the temperance movement gained steam