It had an affect on American women because they started to want to drink, smoke, dance, sing and act in films. This was not acceptable as a woman's rank was very low and they had a different role to play as a woman, therefore they were not allowed to do things like this.
Following the end of the First World War, the world began to rapidly modernize. By the 1920â??s, record economic growth and policies such as â??welfare capitalismâ?? allowed even the working classes to enjoy a higher standard of living. Wages rose, prices fell and consumerism surged.
How did the American Revenue Act affect colonial economies?
How did people's experiences affect their decision to take sides in the American revolution?
No one
They showed that businesses had rights.
It diddn't.
Some factors that affect consumerism include advertising and marketing tactics, societal norms and values, economic conditions such as income levels and unemployment rates, technological advancements that make shopping easier and more convenient, and cultural influences.
i caused crime
Prohibition caused much political attention to be diverted from other very important matters.
its about the need and want and must have all the latest to be excepted in society.
it became well known
The 18th amendment *Edit* The Eighteenth Amendment is prohibition and has nothing to do with suffrage. This answer is wrong.
Prohibition made organized criminals rich and also profited the many corrupted public officials.
Only a few decided to become teetotallers. Most turned to illegally procured alcohol or in rural areas, started to produce alcohol themselves. Prohibition most of all gave organized crime the means and power to become the force it remained for decades.
In the U.S. - there is no prohibition as to what you may OWN - only your actions.
The prohibition caused many Detroit police to become dishonest. The crime lords who profited from alcohol often paid off pilicemen to make fake arrests
Most brewers in the US were of German origin and temperance activists promoted WW I anti-German sentiment to help promote prohibition.