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When the veterans came back from World War I, they found many changes, not the least of which was an absence of alcoholic beverages. The nation, much of which was dry already had decided to get rid of the bars (saloons) , once and for all. As early as 1916, a total of 23 out of 48 states had already passed antisaloon laws. The movement was undertaken to reduce crime and corruption, improve health, solve social problems and reduce …

…underworld thugs with their primary source of revenue, creating another set of problems. The American public, which had once accepted the law, gradually came to look upon it as the ill-advised measure it was. The movement was abolished, the prohibition made little headway during the 1920s. Not until 1933, the first year of Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration was it abolished. Following end of the Prohibition, liquor control again became a state, rather than a federal problem.