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Prohibition made organized criminals rich and also profited the many corrupted public officials.

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Q: How did Prohibition affect people of the 1920's?
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How did prohibition make people violent in the 1920s?

By increasing crime, Prohibition led to violence.


What are the paradoxes of the 1920s in the US?

One of the paradoxes can be the alcohol issue where, the country at the beginning of the 1920s was supporting prohibition of alcohol sales and by the end of the 1920s the people showed much hypocrisy and switched their views on prohibition which turned out as a huge failure. The part of paradox would come from the hypocrisy of people and the quick change of mindset based on prohibition.


What did not happen during prohibition in the 1920s?

People did not stop drinking alcoholic beverages.


Prohibition in the 1920s?

1923


Did Prohibition increase or decrease in the 1920s?

National Prohibition in the US began in 1920 but support for it declined throughout the 1920s.


What is the result of the prohibition of 1920?

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Which states were not affected by prohibition in the 1920s?

All US states were affected by National Prohibition.


How did people from the 1920s feel about prohibition?

At the beginning, many people were very optimistic but as its failures became increasingly evident more and more people came to oppose Prohibition. By the time of its repeal, 74% of voters opposed it.


What year did prohibition end?

The Prohibition Act ended April 7th, 1933.


Why did Canada and the US become closer in the 1920s?

prohibition


What kinds social conflicts developed during the 1920s?

Prohibition was the largest social conflict in the 1920s.


How does bootlegger relate the 1920s?

In the 1920s, a bootlegger produce alcoholic beverages and supply them to speakeasies because of Prohibition.