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.
The 18th Amendment and the Volstead Act. The Anti-Saloon league, through its allies in Congress, introduced the Prohibition Amendment in 1917. It was submitted to the House of Representatives on April 4, 1917. The Senate received the resolution on July 30, 1917 and passed it August 1 by a vote of 65 to 20.he 1916 election was a watershed moment for the prohibition campaign. Both Democratic incumbent Woodrow Wilson and Republican candidate Charles Evans Hughes ignored the Prohibition issue, as did both party's political platforms.