<span>Geography influences culture by having us adapt to different landscapes,
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Prohibition would have failed regardless of the atmosphere, because people like to drink alcohol. The permisive attitude of the times (mild compared to today) meant there was little social stigma attached to those who ignored prohibition. People finally came to realize that all they did was stregnthen the mob and lose tax revenues with Prohibition.
In 1859, a group of abolitionists attacked Harpers Ferry in Virginia because they wanted to arm enslaved workers using the town's armory.
