For population 25 years and over in Mingus Mountain: 1  High school or higher: 82.4%. 2  Bachelor's degree or higher: 16.7%. 3  Graduate or professional degree: 6.0 4 %. Unemployed: 4. 5 8%. Mean travel time to work (commute): 19.6 minutes.
In December 1917, Congress passed the 18th Amendment. A month later, President Woodrow Wilson instituted partial prohibition to conserve grain for the war effort. Beer was limited to 2.75 percent alcohol content, and production was held to 70 percent of the previous year's production.In September, the president issued a ban on the wartime production of beer. month later, President Woodrow Wilson instituted partial prohibition to conserve grain for the war effort. Beer was limited to 2.75 percent alcohol content, and production was held to 70 percent of the previous year's production.
President Woodrow Wilson vetoed the bill, but the House of Representatives overrode the veto, and the Senate did so as well the next day. The Volstead Act set the starting date for nationwide prohibition for January 17, 1920, which was the earliest day allowed by the Eighteenth Amendment. The Amendment was in effect for the following 13 years.