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What was the result of Maine's strict prohibition law in 1851?
What was the result of Maine's strict prohibition law in 1851?
- Improved public health
- Celebration and acceptance
- Decrease in alcohol consumption
- Resentment among the working class and Irish immigrant population (correct)
How did an enterprising tavern owner bypass the ban on alcohol sale in a Massachusetts town in 1844?
How did an enterprising tavern owner bypass the ban on alcohol sale in a Massachusetts town in 1844?
- Started selling non-alcoholic beverages
- Gave free drinks to all patrons
- Closed the tavern and opened a new business
- Charged patrons for the price of seeing a striped pig (correct)
How did President Herbert Hoover describe Prohibition in 1928?
How did President Herbert Hoover describe Prohibition in 1928?
- A great social and economic experiment, noble in motive and far-reaching in purpose (correct)
- An inevitable consequence of government intervention
- An unnecessary interference in people's lives
- A complete failure with no positive aspects
Why did some observers refer to Prohibition as 'the noble experiment'?
Why did some observers refer to Prohibition as 'the noble experiment'?
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