Although, The Progressive Era made many things better, many issues were aroused. In 1920, prohibition was introduced and as a result there was more crime, violence and arrests. According to the New York Times, in Philadelphia alone, there was an average of 95 thousand arrests per year in the five years before the introduction of the 18th amendment in 1920. In the 5 years after prohibition, the amount of arrests increased from 90 thousand up to 135 thousand. And as we all now know that in 1933, Franklin D Roosevelt repealed the 18th amendment as a result of the immense increase in illegal trafficking of alcohol, police corruptness, and violence. Child Labor was also still legal even after a lot of effort to illegalize it. Civil Rights were also
