A.
It reduced the amount of tax revenue available to the government.
B
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It weakened the power of labor unions to collectively bargain for workers.
C.
It led to large changes in government as the voting population doubled.
D
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It enabled criminal organizations to gain power and wealth.
E.
It caused an increase in nativism and xenophobia in the country.
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The two unintended consequences of the Eighteenth Amendment, which established Prohibition, were:
A. It reduced the amount of tax revenue available to the government. D. It enabled criminal organizations to gain power and wealth.
Prohibition led to a significant decrease in tax revenue from alcohol sales and created a lucrative black market that empowered organized crime.
