The Roaring 20s and Prohibition

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• Was Prohibition a failure, since police both failed to enforce Prohibition and through corruption, actually encouraged anti-Prohibition activities?
• Is prohibition unconstitutional?
• What was the ultimate affect of Prohibition in America?
• Who supported Prohibition and who opposed it?
• How did Prohibition affect popular culture and American society?
• What did the 19th Amendment do for American women, and when was it passed?
• How did Americans react to Prohibition?
• What did the 18th Amendment do in January of 1920?
• What do you think the Sacco and Vanzetti case shows about America in the 1920s?
• What was the first national event covered by a radio station?
• What signaled economic weakness in the 1920s?
• What was the goal of the National Origins Act of 1924?
• Why did the 18th Amendment fail to stop alcohol consumption?
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• What harmed unions in the 1920s?
• Why was the U.S. economy so important to the world economy in the 1920s?
• During what decade did the US pursue a policy of isolationism?
• What was the condition of America's economy following World War I?
• How did new laws change U.S. immigration policy in the 1920s?
• The National Origins Act did not apply to immigrants from which country?
• What was the primary goal of the Emergency Quota Act of 1921?
• What event led to Calvin Coolidge becoming President?
• Why did increasing numbers of women enter the workforce in the 1920s?
• What group of people lived in Hoovervilles?
• Why did a national ban on alcohol fail?
• Why did deportations occur in the 20s?
• What happened to America in the 1920's?
• Which amendment prohibited alcohol? Which amendment repealed its prohibition?
• What is a similarity between Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt?
• What are three reasons why people wanted to ban alcohol?
• In the early 1900s, what did it mean for cities to be "dry"?