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What were the effects of the 18th and 19th amendments in the United States?

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effects of the 18th Amendment

bootlegging- the alcohol business became a black market, encouraging organized crime (gangs); alcohol-related deaths declined while it was in force, but it failed to improve other social problems

effects of the 19th Amendment

women can vote in all parts of the country, women can run for office in all parts of the country, women voters showed a greater concern for social issues (children, education, health care)
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