What is the cause of the poor farmers' plight, as Lease sees it?
a lack of knowledge about farming
poor economic conditions and debt
a lack of effort and hard work

This is B: poor economic conditions and debt

Explanation:

the one before it was  C: People are moving to cities in large numbers.

overview. prohibition was a nationwide ban on the sale and import of alcoholic beverages that lasted from 1920 to 1933. prohibition led directly to the rise of organized crime. the twenty-first amendment, ratified in december 1933, repealed prohibition.