At Its Height, the Sale and Distribution of Illegal Alcohol

question 3

Multiple Choice

At its height, the sale and distribution of illegal alcohol

• A) employed about 18,000 people in an era when jobs were hard to come by.
• B) produced jobs mainly in the southeast where the manufacture of "shine" (moonshine) was common.
• C) made up 5 percent of the gross national product of the U.S.
• D) inhibited the growth of organized crime because there were so many amateur bootleggers and distributors at work.

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