Question

Considering the answer to the previous question, the main issue depicted in the cartoon is the a. increase in the federal bureaucracy under Republican administrations b. growth and expansion of organized crime in the 1920s. c. threat that increasing immigration posed to conservative Americans in the 1920s. d. overspeculation of the stock market in the 1920s.

Answer 1

Answer:

b. growth and expansion of organized crime in the 1920s.

Explanation:

The main issue showed in the cartoon is the expansion of organized crime in the 1920s. Increase in the rate of organized crime occur due to impose of  Volstead Act. In the year 1920, the Volstead Act, also known as the 18th Amendment, imposed all over country which prohibits the production, sale and transportation of alcoholic beverages which leads to organized crime.  Homicides, burglaries, and assaults increased significantly in the 1920s due to this prohibition act.