18th Amendment

The rise of speakeasies was a result of

• the ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment.

• the ratification of the Twenty-first Amendment.

• the popularity of talking pictures.

• the popularity of labor unions.

The Eighteenth Amendment was directly responsible for an increase in which of the following?

• consumer credit

• rural population

• crime and lawlessness

• business productivity

What was an unintended consequence of the Eighteenth Amendment?

• It enabled criminal organizations to gain power and wealth.

• It led to large changes in government as the voting population doubled.

• It caused an increase in nativism and xenophobia in the country.

• It weakened the power of labor unions to collectively bargain for workers.

The Prohibition Era ended with

• the passage of the Lindbergh Law.

• the implementation of New Deal programs.

• the ratification of the Twenty-first Amendment.

• the Supreme Court's ruling in Nebbia v. New York.

The US economy suffered during Prohibition due to

• the rise of industrial unions.

• a lack of foreign investment.

• billions of dollars in lost tax revenue.

• tariffs preventing the export of goods.