THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
1920S AMERICAN CULTURE
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Respect for the law decreased
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Women’s suffrage was restricted
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Racial prejudice increased
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Religious tolerance grew
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Detailed explanation-1: -Prohibition was a nationwide ban on the sale and import of alcoholic beverages that lasted from 1920 to 1933. Protestants, Progressives, and women all spearheaded the drive to institute Prohibition. Prohibition led directly to the rise of organized crime.
Detailed explanation-2: -At the national level, Prohibition cost the federal government a total of $11 billion in lost tax revenue, while costing over $300 million to enforce. The most lasting consequence was that many states and the federal government would come to rely on income tax revenue to fund their budgets going forward.
Detailed explanation-3: -We find that alcohol consumption fell sharply at the beginning of Prohibition, to approximately 30 percent of its pre-Prohibition level.