The Failure of the Prohibition Although the Prohibition established by the 18th Amendment was associated with at least temporary positive impacts such as increased family savings, decreased alcoholism, and better health among Americans during the early 1920s, the law also contributed to the rise of organized gangs and this led to the difficulties in law enforcement and regulation
Hinduism reinforced a strict social hierarchy called a caste system that made it nearly impossible for people to move outside of their social station. Emperors during the Gupta empire used Hinduism as a unifying religion and focused on Hinduism as a means for personal salvation.