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Prohibition

Prohibition is the act or practice of forbidding something by law; when used by itself the term refers to the banning of the manufacture, storage (whether in barrels or in bottles), transportation, sale, possession, and consumption of alcoholic beverages. The word is also used to refer to a period of time during which such bans are enforced.

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Prohibition

Nodes228
Edges227
Triples172
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.008772
Components1

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related to Further reading · 123
Prohibition → ABC-CLIO, AJPH, Alcohol, Alcohol Prohibition, Alcohol Research Group, Alcohol Studies, America, American Issue Press, American Journal, Ann-Marie, Bad Ideas, Barrows, Berkeley, Blocker, Bloomsbury Publishing, Calif, California Press, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, Chapel Hill
related to history · 13
Prohibition → BCE, Code, Eleutherna, Greek, Hammurabi, If, In, It, Nordic, North America, Protestants, Some, West
has effect · 7
Prohibition → Both, Generally, Most, Muslim, Soviet Union, The, United States
see also · 4
Prohibition → BaptistsIron, Bootleggers, Liquor, PartyScottish Prohibition Party
is a · 1
Prohibition → act or practice of forbidding something by law

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alcohol sale consumption liquor states dry law prohibited isbn new alcoholic countries also beer movement allowed beverages united century temperance

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Prohibitionis aact or practice of forbidding something by law0.90text
secret stillsinstance ofBoth Africans and British found illegal supplies0.80text
obtaining colonial liquor permitsinstance ofBoth Africans and British found illegal supplies0.80text
and smugglinginstance ofBoth Africans and British found illegal supplies0.80text
Independence Day are meant to beinstance ofAll other states and union territories of India permit the sale of alcohol.Election days and certain national holidays0.80text
Hindusinstance ofonly members of non-Muslim minorities0.80text
Christiansinstance ofonly members of non-Muslim minorities0.80text
Zoroastrians are allowed to apply for alcohol permitsinstance ofonly members of non-Muslim minorities0.80text
Band of Hopeinstance ofas well as temperance movements0.80text
temperance Chartist movements of the nineteenth centuryinstance ofas well as temperance movements0.80text
Al Capone in Chicagoinstance ofunder leaders0.80text
Lucky Luciano in New York City.Prohibition lost support during the Great Depressioninstance ofunder leaders0.80text

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