Prohibition would have failed regardless of the atmosphere, because people like to drink alcohol. The permisive attitude of the times (mild compared to today) meant there was little social stigma attached to those who ignored prohibition. People finally came to realize that all they did was stregnthen the mob and lose tax revenues with Prohibition.
The admission of California into the United States was a divisive national issue because California's entry would upset the nation's numerical balance of free and slave states.
<span>After WWII Russia kept all the territory it had covered and became the USSR, These countries were not given a fair choice in the matter. When countries like Czechoslovakia and Hungary wanted their freedom the USSR reacted swiftly and very hard with soldiers and tanks to wipe out the opposition. Once the USSR collapsed these countries were own their own, for better or worse. Unfortunately old prejudices and hate came out with violent results. If this happened under USSR control they would have crushed the squabbling.</span>
This is a little tricky but if i had to say, the answer would be A ^-^ The Civil War still hadn't been that long ago, so people of different races still didn't have the same rights as the whites (hence segregation)
