'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.
Corruption even extended to the federal government where as thirty percent of them were against Prohibition. One of the main reasons why Prohibition ended was because of the St. Valentine Massacre. This was one of the biggest gang fights ever whereas Al Capone's men killed seven gangsters. This was the turning point. People saw that Prohibition was causing so much gang violence and people wanted to give up the 'noble experiment'. Some women went out in the streets protesting for the end of Prohibition the same as the women who went up to pass Prohibition.