Analyze The Reasons For Prohibition In The 1900's

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Around the 1900’s America reached a crossroads, whether or not to abolish the alcohol prohibition that was set at the time. The prohibition was set because alcohol was, according to document A, “believed to be a drug that caused problems wrong corruption, child abuse, crime, unemployment, and worker safety. With all these solutions set because of the abolishing of alcohol, why was it repealed? According to document B homicide reached an astonishing 0.01% of the population. Along with this increase in murder, the ratification of alcohol also was preventing potential taxes that was desperately needed at the time to be administered to bootleggers. Another reason for the ratification was the way politicians and police were abusing the system or

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