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The 18th Amendment failed to eliminate alcohol consumption because after WW1, many Americans were tired of making sacrifices and wanted to just enjoy life. People were determined to get their liquor one way or another. Many people grew bolder in getting around the law, and drinkers went underground to hidden saloons and nightclubs known as speakeasies to avoid detection. Even crooked cops joined and protected these clubs and eventually the 18th Amendment was repealed by the Twenty-First Amendment. Many believed the banning of alcohol would stop crime, wife and child abuse, accidents on the job, and other serious problems; but in reality it made these problems worse than they were, and created more as well.

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