How did Prohibition influence cultural life in the 1920s?
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Correct answer: It encouraged speakeasies, bootlegging, and debates over law enforcement and morality
Prohibition banned the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages, but many Americans continued drinking illegally. Speakeasies and bootlegging became symbols of the gap between law and behavior.
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