首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Do we need laws that prevent us from running risks with our lives? If so, then perhaps laws are needed prohibiting the sale of c
Do we need laws that prevent us from running risks with our lives? If so, then perhaps laws are needed prohibiting the sale of c
admin
2017-06-30
66
问题
Do we need laws that prevent us from running risks with our lives? If so, then perhaps laws are needed prohibiting the sale of cigarettes and alcoholic drinks. Both products have been known to kill people. The hazards of drinking too much alcohol are as bad as or worse than the hazards of smoking too many cigarettes. All right then, let’s pass a law closing the liquor stores and the bars in this country. Let’s put an end once and for all to the ruinous disease from which as many as 10 million Americans currently suffer — alcoholism.
But wait. We’ve already tried that. For 13 years, between 1920 and 1933, there were no liquor stores anywhere in the United States. They were shut down abolished by an amendment to the Constitution and by a law of Congress. After January 20, 1920, there was supposed to be no more manufacturing, selling, or transporting of " intoxicating liquors". Without any more liquor, people could not drink it. And if they did not drink it, how could they get drunk? There would be no more dangers to the public welfare from drunkenness and alcoholism. It was all very logical. And yet prohibition of liquor, beer, and wine did not work. Why?
Because, law or no law, millions of people still liked to drink alcohol. And they were willing to take risks to get it. They were not about to change their tastes and habits just because of a change in the law. And gangs of liquor smugglers millions of gallons of the outlawed beverages across the Canadian and Mexican borders. Drinkers were lucky to know of an illegal bar that served Mexican or Canadian liquor. Crime and drunkenness were both supposed to decline as a result of prohibition. Instead, people drank more alcohol than ever — often poisoned alcohol.
Which of the following was NOT characteristic reason for the proposal of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution and the Volstead Act?
选项
A、There would be no further danger to the public from alcoholism.
B、There would be a rise in the cost of alcoholic beverages.
C、Without liquor, people would not drink.
D、People would not become drunk of create a public nuisance.
答案
B
解析
细节题。通过文章第二段可知,A、C、D都是修订案的目的,只有B选项没有提及。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/ecFO777K
0
考博英语
相关试题推荐
Perhapsallcriminalsshouldberequiredtocarrycardswhichread:Fragile;HandlewithCare.Itwillneverso,thesedaystogo
FranklinDelanoRooseveltwastheU.S.Presidentwhenmanybusinesseswere____duringtheGreatDepression.
Alwaysatthebeginningofanyparticularhunttherewasonesolemnceremonytoperform:anearnestconsultationbetweenallthe
Insuchachanging,complexsocietyformerlysimplesolutionstoinformationalneedsbecomecomplicated.Manyoflife’sproblems
Iffullcreditsweregiventothispart,itcould_____ahighgradeforthestudentinhisphysicalcourse.
TheUnitedNationLawoftheSeaConferencewouldsoonproduceanocean-miningtreatyfollowingits____declarationin1970that
Atthefall2001SocialScienceHistoryAssociationconventioninChicago,theCrimeandJusticenetworksponsoredaforumonth
Everyoneitseemshasahealthproblem.AfterpouringbillionsintotheNationalHealthService,Britishpeoplemoanaboutdirty
Technically,anysubstanceotherthanfoodthataltersourbodilyormentalfunctioningisadrug.Manypeoplemistakenlybelieve
随机试题
观测角0.2°水平入射角0°时,A2类白色突起路标的发光强度系数最小值为()。
下列是M2的组成部分,但不是M1的组成部分的一项是
IcanclearlyrememberthefirsttimeImetMr.Andrews,myoldheadmaster,【21】thatwasovertwentyyearsago.Duringthewar,I
董某(17岁)在某景点旅游时,点燃荒草不慎引起大火烧毁集体所有的大风公司林地,致大风公司损失5万元,被检察院提起公诉。关于本案处理,下列哪一选项是正确的?
在发包人委托工程造价咨询机构核对竣工结算文件时,工程造价咨询机构收到承包人提出的异议后,应再次复核,复核后仍有异议的,则()。
根据《中华人民共和国建筑法》(简称《建筑法》)的规定,下列表述中正确的是()。
根据领导者的生命周期理论,高工作一高关系式的领导属于()。
在教育法制建设史上具有里程碑意义,标志着我国全面进入依法治教轨道的是()。
覆盖义齿的优缺点有哪些?
研究资料显示,如果一个人静静地倾听雨打树叶的【147】,或者专注地【148】鱼在水缸中的游泳动作,就可以让心态变得平和,从而缓解精神上的压力。专家指出,只要人能把心境融人到大自然里平心静气地待上一阵子,就可以使心情放松,减少一天的压力。【149】专家建议,
最新回复
(
0
)