'Cartoon County' Looks Back At The Golden Age Of Sunday Comics: Vanity Fair editor-at-large Cullen Murphy grew up the son of a cartoonist. His father, John Cullen Murphy, drew the popular Prince Valiant strip, which Murphy eventually wrote for 14 years.
Prohibition summary The noble experiment of Prohibition was introduced by the 18th Amendment, which became effective in January 1920. Here are four reasons why Prohibition was introduced: 1  National mood - when America entered the war in 1917 the national mood also turned against drinking alcohol. 2  Practical - a ban on alcohol would boost supplies of important grains such as barley. 3  Religious - the consumption of alcohol went against God's will.
One reason Prohibition failed is that it did not have enough support in the public. Not enough people thought it was wrong for them to drink. It is true that an amendment was passed, but the fact that the amendment passed did not necessarily mean that all Americans, or even most Americans, believed that drinking was wrong. Many... Prohibition failed for a variety of reasons. Let us examine some of the most important of these.