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They stayed "on the books" and became operative following the repeal of National Prohibition in 1933. Following repeal, about 39% of Americans still lived under prohibition.
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Attacks on state prohibition laws and later, attacks on National Prohibition helped create the second Ku Klux Klan. The Klan supported and enforced prohibition laws.
Attacks on state prohibition laws and later, attacks on National Prohibition helped create the second Ku Klux Klan. The Klan supported and enforced prohibition laws.
Racists
A large proportion of the public believed that National Prohibition was an unjust intrusion of government into the personal lives of individuals and did not consider breaking the laws of Prohibition to be wrong. It was the government that was wrong for violating their basic rights.
They often joined the KKK because of its strong support of National Prohibition and its illegal enforcement of prohibition laws.
Prohibition can be seen as part of a cultural war against immigrants. That's one reason the KKK was such a strong supporter and (illegal) enforcer of prohibition laws.
The two main laws involved in the prohibition in the 1920s in the United States were the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, which banned the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages, and the Volstead Act, which provided for the enforcement of Prohibition.
People who broke the laws of prohibition were known as bootleggers. Bootlegging involved illegally producing, transporting, or selling alcohol during the period of prohibition in the United States. Notorious figures such as Al Capone gained wealth and power through their involvement in bootlegging activities.
Charles A Pollock has written: 'Manual of the prohibition law of North Dakota' -- subject(s): Liquor laws, Prohibition