Question

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Which detail demonstrates President Roosevelt's faulty reasoning in favor of the appeal of the Eighteenth Amendment?
excerpt from Statement about Proclamation 2065: Repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment
by President Franklin D. Roosevelt
In the following speech, President Roosevelt defends the repeal, or cancellation, of the Eighteenth Amendment, which had banned the sale and consumption
of alcohol in the United States.
Whereas it appears from a certificate issued December 5, 1933, by the Acting Secretary of State that official notices have been received in the Department
of State that on the fifth day of December, 1933, Conventions in thirty-six States of the United States, constituting three-fourths of the whole number of the
States had ratified the said repeal amendment;
Now, Therefore, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States of America pursuant to the provisions of Section 217 (a) of the said Act of June 16,
1933, do hereby proclaim that the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States was repealed on the fifth day of December, 1933.
Furthermore, I enjoin upon all citizens of the United States and upon others resident within the jurisdiction thereof, to cooperate with the Government in its
endeavor to restore greater respect for law and order, by confining such purchases of alcoholic beverages as they may make solely to those dealers or
agencies which have been duly licensed by State or Federal license.
Observance of this request, which I make personally to every individual and every family in our Nation, will result in the consumption of alcoholic beverages
which have passed Federal inspection, in the break-up and eventual destruction of the notoriously evil illicit liquor traffic, and in the payment of reasonable
taxes for the support of the Government and thereby in the superseding of other forms of taxation.
I call specific attention to the authority given by the 21st Amendment to the Government to prohibit transportation or importation of intoxicating liquors into
any State in violation of the laws of such State.
I ask the wholehearted cooperation of all our citizens to the end that this return of individual freedom shall not be accompanied by the repugnant conditions
that obtained prior to the adoption of the 18th Amendment and those that have existed since its adoption. Failure to do this honestly and courageously will be
a living reproach to us all.
I ask especially that no State shall by law or otherwise authorize the return of the saloon either in its old form or in some modern guise.
The policy of the Government will be to see to it that the Social and political evils that have existed in the pre-prohibition era shall not be revived nor
permitted again to exist. We must remove forever from our midst the menace of the bootlegger and such others as would profit at the expense of good
government, law and order.
I trust in the good sense of the American people that they will not bring upon themselves the curse of excessive use of intoxicating liquors, to the detriment
of health, morals and social integrity.
The objective we seek through a national policy is the education of every citizen toward a greater temperance throughout the Nation.

Answer 1

The detail that demonstrates President Roosevelt's faulty reasoning is his assumption that regulated and inspected alcohol would eliminate illicit liquor traffic and generate reasonable taxes.

Step-by-step explanation:

The detail that demonstrates President Roosevelt's faulty reasoning in favor of the appeal of the Eighteenth Amendment can be found in the passage where he states, 'Observance of this request, which I make personally to every individual and every family in our Nation, will result in the consumption of alcoholic beverages which have passed Federal inspection...'.

This demonstrates faulty reasoning because it assumes that if alcohol is regulated and inspected by the government, it will automatically lead to the elimination of the illicit liquor traffic and the payment of reasonable taxes.

However, this reasoning overlooks the fact that during Prohibition, the illegal market for alcohol thrived and organized crime became increasingly involved in the production and distribution of alcohol.'