National Affairs: Venture Into Pedagogy

How much has the property once occupied by McGovern's saloon on Main Street increased in value since Prohibition?

Interview your grandmother on the results of the Eighteenth Amendment and write a 100-word theme on the benefits of Prohibition.

Write six Dry mottoes. (Samples: "Let us use alcohol, not waste it." "Law makers must not be lawbreakers." "The Eighteenth Amendment stands for better 'boys and better business." "Is Prohibition a success? Ask the bankers. Ask the Salvation Army. Ask the social workers. Ask the mothers. ASK EVERYBODY!")

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