USA HISTORY

THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929

AMERICAN ECONOMY IN THE 1920S

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which aspect of the 1920s led to a widespread disregard for law and order during the 1920s?
A
Fundamentalism
B
Socialism
C
Prohibition
D
Urbanization
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Prohibition was enacted to protect individuals and families from the “scourge of drunkenness.” However, it had unintended consequences including: a rise in organized crime associated with the illegal production and sale of alcohol, an increase in smuggling, and a decline in tax revenue.

Detailed explanation-2: -Constitutional prohibition in the U.S. took place from 1920 to 1933 and was enacted ostensibly as a response to pre-existing social issues like domestic violence and child abandonment whose presumed cause was alcohol.

Detailed explanation-3: -Which of the following contributed to the failure of prohibition? Note : Crime connected with illegal alcohol production and sale became a major issue so that even many people who had originally supported Prohibition decided that it needed to be repealed.

Detailed explanation-4: -The amendment came as a result of roughly a century of reform movements. Early temperance advocates aimed to reduce alcohol consumption and prevent alcoholism, drunkenness, and the disorder and violence it could result in. Theses early efforts promoted temperate consumption with hopes for eventual prohibition.

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