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Prohibition Expansion The Dry States in 1916 and Outlook
Prohibition will operate in Virginia on November 1 1916 adding 410 262 square miles to the dry area and 2 061 612 to the population where saloons were outlawed during 1916. A 19 state prohibition total unfolds with Vermont voting March 1 for constitutional prohibition and other states planning November votes in Michigan Nebraska South Dakota Montana California and Alaska. Congress considers prohibition measures for the District of Columbia and the federal constitutional amendment.
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