THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
AMERICAN ORGANIZED CRIME OF THE 1920S
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -When the Great Depression hit, potential tax revenue from alcohol sales became appealing to cash-strapped governments. In 1932, Franklin D. Roosevelt made a campaign promise to legalize drinking and the 21st amendment was ratified on December 5, 1933. It overturned the 18th amendment and ended prohibition.
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: -Raskob, Jouett Shouse, Grayson M.P. Murphy, and James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. Its publicity campaign, begun in 1928, helped mobilize growing opposition to the 18th Amendment.
Detailed explanation-4: -On January 17, 1920, 100 years ago, America officially went dry. Prohibition, embodied in the US Constitution’s 18th Amendment, banned the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol.