1920 america 3.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? HistoryAmerica - 19th and 20th centuryA2/A-levelEdexcel Created by: harryCreated on: 26-04-13 10:02 The Nineteenth Amendment. This gave women the right to vote from 1920. 1 of 10 Budget and Accounting Act cut government spending from $5000 million in 1920 to $3373 million by 1922. 2 of 10 Sheppard-Towner Maternity Aid Act Gave federal aid to infant and maternity health programmes. 3 of 10 Albert Fall Secretary of the Interior Bribed to offer leases for oil companies ment for the Navy. Tepot Dome. 4 of 10 1920 Census. Showed more people lived in Urban areas than Rural. Urban descibed as a population of 2500 plus. 5 of 10 Reason 1 for Prohibition Impact of the War; Grain used for food not Alcohol, 1917 Lever Act banned manufacture of Alcoholic dirnks and brewers had German origins. 6 of 10 Reason 2 for Prohibition Disorganised Opposition; In New York there was a parade in baltimore, appart from this there was little protest. 7 of 10 Reason 1 for failure of Prohibition The size of US borders to watch. 18700 miles of costline and land borders. Agents only intercepted 5% of alcohol coming in. 8 of 10 Reason 2 for failure of Prohibition Bootleggers; Remus made $5 million in 5 years, he had bought breweries for the manufacturing of medicinal alcohol. 9 of 10 Reason 3 for failure of Prohibition Treasury Agents; 3000 of them on $2500 average salary. to shut down an industry worth $2 billion. 1 agent made $7 million selling licences. 10 of 10
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