For population 25 years and over in Mingus Mountain: 1  High school or higher: 82.4%. 2  Bachelor's degree or higher: 16.7%. 3  Graduate or professional degree: 6.0 4 %. Unemployed: 4. 5 8%. Mean travel time to work (commute): 19.6 minutes.
In December 1917, Congress passed the 18th Amendment. A month later, President Woodrow Wilson instituted partial prohibition to conserve grain for the war effort. Beer was limited to 2.75 percent alcohol content, and production was held to 70 percent of the previous year's production.In September, the president issued a ban on the wartime production of beer. month later, President Woodrow Wilson instituted partial prohibition to conserve grain for the war effort. Beer was limited to 2.75 percent alcohol content, and production was held to 70 percent of the previous year's production.
Herbert Hoover called prohibition a noble experiment, but the effort to regulate people's behavior soon ran into trouble. Enforcement of prohibition became very difficult. Soon, such terms as bootlegger, bath tub gin, and speakeasy became household words. Gangs of hoodlums became more powerful as they trafficked in alcohol. By the 1930s, a majority of Americans had tired of the noble experiment, and the 18th Amendment was repealed.