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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4216/A_History.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='The Failed Attempt to Ban Alcohol in the 1920s' data-article-id='4752'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='12938'>Stay-at-home orders during the coronavirus crisis have forced many bars and nightclubs in the United States to close temporarily.</span> <span data-start-time='12938' data-end-time='22729'>A century ago, bars across the country were also forcibly closed when the Volstead Act became law.</span> <span data-start-time='22729' data-end-time='32083'>The measure made it a crime for Americans to manufacture, sell or transport alcohol.</span> <span data-start-time='32083' data-end-time='39792'>The period when the Volstead Act was the law of the land is known today as Prohibition.</span> <span data-start-time='39792' data-end-time='46167'>The push to ban alcohol in the U.S. began in the 1850s.</span> <span data-start-time='46167' data-end-time='52229'>Christian women claimed alcohol was turning men into alcoholics.</span> <span data-start-time='52229' data-end-time='58500'> Drinking leads to violence and poverty and destroys families, they said.</span> <span data-start-time='58500' data-end-time='68021'>So began the social movements against alcohol and women raiding bars to destroy bottles of whiskey.</span> <span data-start-time='68021' data-end-time='76021'>Their actions grew from being a problem for bar workers into a real political movement.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4216/a_period_of_50_years.wav'><span>a period of 50 years</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4216/a_one_hundred_dollar_bill.wav'><span>a one hundred dollar bill</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4216/a_period_of_100_years.wav'><span>a period of 100 years</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4216/a_fortress.wav'><span>a fortress</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=15097 data-hint-location='39792' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4216/when_did_the_push_to_ban_alcohol_begin_in_the_us.wav'>When did the push to ban alcohol begin in the U.S.?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='1850'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4216/1820.wav'><span>1820</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4216/1750.wav'><span>1750</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4216/1925.wav'><span>1925</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4216/1850.wav'><span>1850</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=15098 data-hint-location='32083' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4216/the_term_used_to_describe_the_period_when_the_volstead_act_was_the_law_of_the_land_is__blank_.wav'>The term used to describe the period when the Volstead Act was the law of the land is <span class='blank'>Prohibition</span></div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='Prohibition'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4216/the_depression.wav'><span>The Depression</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4216/prohibition.wav'><span>Prohibition</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4216/the_good_old_days.wav'><span>The Good Old Days</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4216/roaring_twenties.wav'><span>Roaring Twenties</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>

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