Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Prohibition




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1. What was prohibition?
The banning of alcohol, so people who had it had to throw it away

2. What groups were responsible for the idea of prohibition?
The Church-affiliated Anti-saloon league

3. What were their reasons?
They thought that too much drinking led to crime, wife and child abuse, accidents on the job and other social problems

4. How did people get illegal alcohol?
Drinkers went underground to hidden saloons and night clubs known as speakeasies

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5. In your opinion, was prohibition a good or a bad idea, and why?
For my opinion it's kind of both, good because there wouldn't be so much accidents because of drunk people and bad because people want to have freedom to drink

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