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Prohibition was the nationwide ban on alcohol production, sale, and transportation in the United States from 1920 to 1933. This constitutional amendment fundamentally transformed American society, leading to the rise of organized crime, speakeasies, and widespread civil disobedience. The era’s failure ultimately demonstrated the limits of government regulation of personal behavior and reshaped federal law enforcement.
American democracy didn't emerge from a vacuum -- Benjamin Franklin studied Iroquois governance at the 1754 Albany Congress, and the Haudenosaunee Great Law of Peace influenced core Constitutional concepts including federalism and impeachment.