Monday, March 4, 2013

Life in the 1920's Changed: Prohibition

1.                  What was Prohibition?
Prohibition was the banning of alcohol in the U.S.

2.                  What groups were responsible for the idea of Prohibition?

one group was the church affiliated Anti-Saloon League

3.                  What were their reasons?

their reasons was that alcohol caused bad behavior and morals like wife and child abbuse

4.                  How did people get illegal alcohol?

they got illegal alcohol from speakeasies which were places like offices or basements and also from bootleggers

5.                  In your opinion, was Prohibition a good or bad idea, and why?

i think it was a bad idea because it just caused the people to resort to illegal ways of getting it and it caused organized crimes.

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