Prohibition

1. How did small-town life and city life differ?  




Small- Town life was very boring. Everyone believed the same thing, had the same views, nothing independent. In the city that was completely opposite. People judged one another by there accomplishments, the tolerated drinking, gambling, and even casual dating mostly frowned upon in the small-towns. 
 
2. Why do you think the Eighteenth Amendment failed to eliminate alcohol consumption?  
I believe that the Eighteenth Amendment failed to eliminate alcohol consumption because it was such a big thing. When you have something as big as alcohol you cant just get rid of it at once, you would have to do it gradually. There was so many people drinking it that you couldn't just take it away.
 
3. How did criminals take advantage of Prohibition?  
Criminals took advantage of Prohibition in that they would now be the primary dealers of alcohol in the cities. Prohibition also helped out organized crime.

4. What was the conflict between fundamentalists and those who accepted evolution?  
The conflict between fundamentalists and those who accepted evolution was how we, as human-beings, came to be. The fundamentalists wouldn't give up their idea that god created everything and the evolutionists wouldn't be persuaded by the fundamentalists.

5. How might the overall atmosphere of the 1920s have contributed to the failure of Prohibition?   

The overall atmosphere contributed to the failure of prohibition in that after World War I Americans were tired of making sacrifices and wanted to enjoy life and Prohibition was not letting that happen. Also most immigrants didn't think that drinking was a sin so they just kept doing what they had been doing fora  long time.