THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
1920S AMERICAN CULTURE
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ended prohibition
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gave women the right to vote
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made slavery illegal
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none are correct
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Detailed explanation-1: -On December 5, 1933, the 21st Amendment was ratified, as announced in this proclamation from President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The 21st Amendment repealed the 18th Amendment of January 16, 1919, ending the increasingly unpopular nationwide prohibition of alcohol.
Detailed explanation-2: -TWENTY-FIRST AMENDMENT The transportation or importation into any State, Territory, or possession of the United States for delivery or use therein of intoxicating liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is hereby prohibited.
Detailed explanation-3: -The increase of the illegal production and sale of liquor (known as “bootlegging”), the proliferation of speakeasies (illegal drinking spots) and the accompanying rise in gang violence and organized crime led to waning support for Prohibition by the end of the 1920s.