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American Studies

2016

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First World War

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100 Years Ago: Wilson Loses Another Cabinet Member, Keith J. Muchowski Feb 2016

100 Years Ago: Wilson Loses Another Cabinet Member, Keith J. Muchowski

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This invited blog post explores the circumstances under Lindley M. Garrison resigned as President Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of War in February 1916.


Nexus: The Great War's Grain Crisis And The Coming Of Prohibition In America, Keith J. Muchowski Jan 2016

Nexus: The Great War's Grain Crisis And The Coming Of Prohibition In America, Keith J. Muchowski

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One of the most immediate reasons for the passage of the Eighteenth Amendment was the Grain Crisis of the First World War. The shortage of this food staple enabled Temperance activists to advocate for limits on the brewing of beers and malt beverages. Herbert Hoover oversaw the Commission for Relief in Belgium during this period. Prohibition became law just after the Great War.