Kenneth Clark said "to the negro imagination it is a world of fear and darkness" . Apollo image said it held "a world of light and confidence".
Around 2.2 billion people are Christian
That was when the Declaration of Independence was sighned.
The repeal of Prohibition likely had a lot to do with the Great Depression. Following the Crash of 1929, people were discouraged and their spirits were low. Allowing the sale and consumption of alcohol not only gave people an escape from their problems, it provided a much-needed boost to the economy, as alcohol was an enormous industry before, after and even during Prohibition.