AT&T's most recent dividend increase extended its track record to 31 years of consecutive dividend raises. Moreover, AT&T is included in the exclusive group of stocks that have managed a dividend policy that has increased its dividend for 25 or more consecutive years.
Introduction. The Prohibition era lasted from 1920 through 1933, and was an attempt to legislate morality. It took a Constitutional amendment to enact it, and another one to repeal it. The attempt to decrease the evils of alcohol actually created more-and new-types of crime.
In January 1920 the American government banned the sale and supply of alcohol as they thought that it would curb violence and crime. This backfired greatly leading in excessive crime rates and a much greater increase in violence. This period of time became known as the prohibition era. This indirectly led to a rise in 'gangsterism' as now people who enjoyed drinking had become reliant on organized criminals such as speakeasies and many became tangled in bootlegging which was the transport of illegal alcohol into America.