Groundhogs will enter your yard to find food and a safe place to burrow. Harvest crops like beans, peas and melons as early as possible. Groundhogs prefer burrowing in areas that provide ample cover; remove piles of debris, rocks and/or wood where groundhogs may take shelter.
The temperance movement, discouraging the use of alcoholic beverages, had been active and influential in the United States since at least the 1830s. Since the use of alcohol was often associated with such social ills as poverty and insanity, temperance often went hand in hand with other reform movements. From the 1850s onward, the temperance movement focused much of its efforts on Irish and German immigrants.
1916: Almost every state had Temperance organizations and statutes that prohibited alcohol consumption. 1919-1920: The Volstead Act, passed on October 28, 1919, clarified the 18th amendment that prohibited all beer, wine, malt liquor or vinous liquors from being manufactured, transported or owned. Since the law didn't go into effect until 1920, many people stocked up a personal supply while it was still legal. 1920-1929: Gangsters (like Al Capone) become violent bootleggers, and violent crimes rises. In 1929, Elliot Ness starts his campaign against Al Capone and other prohibition violators.