Which statement describes a social change that occurred during the 1920s? a. women wore shorter skirts and hairstyles and gained more independence. b. per capita consumption of alcohol increased under prohibition. c. people were too shocked by the cost of world war i to engage in leisure-time activities. d. jim crow laws throughout the south were overturned by state courts.

What motive did the federalists have for pushing the alien act through congress in 1798? a. the new law made immigrants pay higher taxes, which the federalists hoped would be used to pay the national debt and fund the military. b. the new law denied immigrants the right to vote because many immigrants supported thomas jefferson and the republicans. c. the new law required business owners to hire illegal aliens who hated the liberal republicans. d. the new law made immigrants wait 14 years before becoming citizens, a move the federalists hoped would keep them from voting for years. select the best answer from the choices provided abcd