THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
AMERICAN ORGANIZED CRIME OF THE 1920S
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immigrants who were communists
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people who drank alcoholic beverages
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soldiers returning home from war
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famous sports and movie stars
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Anti-Saloon League, with strong support from Protestants and other Christian denominations, spearheaded the drive for nationwide prohibition. In fact, the Anti-Saloon League was the most powerful political pressure group in US history-no other organization had ever managed to alter the nation’s Constitution.
Detailed explanation-2: -National prohibition of alcohol (1920–33)-the “noble experiment”-was undertaken to reduce crime and corruption, solve social problems, reduce the tax burden created by prisons and poorhouses, and improve health and hygiene in America.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1917 Congress sent the Eighteenth Amendment, known as the Prohibition Amendment, to the states with a seven-year deadline for passage-the first amendment to have a time restriction. Within 13 months, the states had ratified it.
Detailed explanation-4: -Maine passed the first state prohibition laws in 1846, followed by a stricter law in 1851. A number of other states had followed suit by the time the Civil War began in 1861..