All of the following contributed to the repeal of Prohibition except
A) ?Americans began to view Prohibition as a restriction on their individual freedoms.
B) ?the brewing and liquor interests launched a campaign against the Eighteenth Amendment.
C) ?statistics showed that the average consumption of alcohol had increased under Prohibition.
D) ?The spread of bootlegging and organized crime made Prohibition increasingly difficult to enforce.
E) ?The federal government recognized it was losing income from potential tax revenues from the sale of liquor.
C
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Initially, the pope’s division of the non-Christian world between Spain and Portugal seemed to favor Spain
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
The term transubstantiation refers to the
A) dismissal, when the congregation exits the Church at the end of service. B) process of exchange of substance in the Mass, whereby bread and wine are transformed into the body and blood of Christ. C) divine aid to sinful men and women, without which they cannot be saved. D) final anointing one receives upon their deathbed as an act of forgiveness. E) ceremony in which a priest is granted the miraculous power to administer sacraments.
The mountain regions were the only parts of the South to resist the movement toward secession when it finally developed.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)