Explain why the national experiment in prohibition and the anti-smoking campaign in the 1920s ultimately failed
What will be an ideal response?
Consider: the underfunded and lax enforcement of the law; the high profitability of illegal bootlegging; the general unpopularity of prohibition in specific areas (like large cities); the public's exhaustion with crusades and progressive reform that projected government power into the lives of individuals; the general disorganization of the anti-smoking campaign and the tobacco companies' well-funded campaign to combat anti-smoking ordinances.
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Challenges facing the European Union in the early twenty-first century include
A) the lack of a common currency. B) the lack of any military force. C) that many Europeans remain committed to a national identity and do not see themselves as "Europeans." D) lack of economic assistance to Europe's farming community. E) the failure to create a truly single internal market.
All of the following were appointed by Warren G. Harding to federal positions except
a. Harry M. Daugherty. b. Albert Fall. c. Edward L. Doheny. d. Charles R. Forbes. e. Andrew Mellon.
In 1864, General William T. Sherman's "March to the Sea"
A. was designed in part to demoralize Southerners. B. saw him face more resistance than Grant faced to his north. C. never reached the Atlantic Ocean. D. attempted to avoid the civilian population. E. resulted in mass starvation among Sherman's troops.
What was so important about the Lecompton constitution?
A. It was a proslavery document, fairly drawn, that Congress approved. B. Congress had not authorized a separate state of Lecompton. C. Douglas's support for it undermined his political credibility in the North. D. It was a proslavery document, pushed through by fraud, which Congress did not approve.