Why did reformers turn their attention to prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages in the nineteenth century?
a. They believed that high tariffs on alcohol were leading more people into poverty.
b. They thought that large producers of alcoholic beverages were driving smaller companies out of business.
c. They did not want Americans to import alcoholic beverages from other countries.
d. They believed that drunkenness brought many social evils into society.
e. They were worried that people were buying harmful liquor because alcoholic beverages were not regulated.
D
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A) governments sent a military mission to defeat Bolshevism. B) Russians never forgot the invasion. C) United States and Japan wanted to create a moderate state. D) widespread fighting took place between Russia and the two nations.
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a. declared all people born on U.S. soil to be citizens b. ended slavery throughout the entire United States c. allowed suffrage to American males of all races
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A. 2 million. B. 4 million. C. 1 million. D. 6 million. E. 8 million.