Which of the following helps explain why prohibition failed?
A) There were not enough federal agents to enforce the law.
B) Most "drys" secretly opposed prohibition.
C) It had an enormous negative impact on government revenues.
D) It was supported by unpopular ethnic minorities.
A
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What types of labor systems were employed in the Spanish colonies?
What will be an ideal response?
Lack of unity among Southerners was evidenced by Jefferson Davis's vice president, Alexander Stephens, who criticized
A) military generals. B) political campaign strategies. C) the draft and income tax. D) the ban on cotton exports. E) slaveholders.
The majority of the draftees and enlistees for military service in Vietnam __________
A) were college students B) came from the Lower South C) averaged about 25 years of age D) were from working-class families