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lracut11

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Besides controlling the illegal liquor industry, American gangsters in the 1920s earned rich profits from which of the following illegal enterprise(s)?
 
  a. prostitution.
  b. gambling and loan sharking.
  c. labor racketeering.
  d. illegal drugs.
  e. All of these choices are correct.

Question 2

At the time of his death, President John Kennedy's civil rights bill
 
  a. had been passed, much to the satisfaction of African Americans.
  b. had been passed, but greatly weakened by amendments.
  c. was still bogged down in Congress.
  d. was on the desk waiting to be signed into law.
  e. was locked in a filibuster in the U.S. Senate.


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guyanai

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Reply #1 on: Jul 4, 2018
Answer to Question 1

e

Answer to Question 2

c


lracut11

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Reply 2 on: Jul 4, 2018
Excellent

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