Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - KGO - 20131205:10:49:00
Today that prohibition, the 13-year ban on alcohol ended. the movement to pass the hotly debated 18th amendment that banned alcohol was led bay rural protestant who saw it as a victory for public health and morals. >> during the 13-year run the law was widely ignored most famously by joseph patrick kennedy, late father of john f. kennedy who amassed a fortune in bootlegging. >> he made even more after the 21st amendment was repealed with his exclusive distribution rights of scottish whiskey. >> one of the unintended consequences was the black market it created and the rise of organized crime s...
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