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- 1. Multiple Choice
Who fought for control of liquor sales, prostitution, and gambling?
The President
Police Force
Government
Gangsters
- 2. Multiple Choice
Since criminal organizations became richer and more powerful, what started to increase in cities?
Charity work
Violence
Homelessness
Divorce rates
- 3. Multiple Choice
People who illegally made & sold liquor in the US during Prohibition were known as
criminals
smugglers
bootleggers
mobsters
- 4. Multiple Choice
Bars that sold illegal alcohol during the 1920's were called
bootlegging establishments
speakeasies
pubs
flappers
- 5. Multiple Choice
Before Prohibition was passed, what were its supporters known as?
Wets
Dries
Pros
Alcoholics
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which popular television cartoon made an episode depicting Prohibition?
Simpsons
American dad
Family Guy
Futurama
- 7. Multiple Choice
Eventually, Prohibition became so unpopular it had to be repealed. When did alcohol become legal once more?
July 1933
December 1932
December 1933
January 1934
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhich constitutional amendment outlawed the manufacture and sale of Alcohol?17181921
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhy did Prohibition fail?lack of enforcementtoo much enforcement
- 10. Multiple Choice
Overall, prohibition was considered...
a success because it decreased immoral behavior.
a success because it boosted the economy.
a failure because it lead to an increase in organised crime.
a failure because it took away the rights of citizens.
- 11. Multiple Choice
What was the majority of money used for that Al Capone collected in revenue?
To buy liquor
To pay off judges and policemen
To pay off other bootleggers
To pay off debts
- 12. Multiple Choice
Ms Andersen supports which AFL team?
Saints
Cats
Bombers
Swans
- 13. Multiple Choice
Temperance movements objective:
Assist people with bad tempers
social movement against the consumption of alcohol
social movement for the consumption of alcohol
Assist people to become temperance movers
- 14. Multiple Choice
The Anti-saloon League used posters to persuade people to consume alcohol?
False
True
- 15. Multiple Choice
During WWI, why was the consumption of alcohol considered unpatriotic?
Profits went to unpatriotic people
Profits went to German brewers
People should be going to war, not drinking in bars & saloons
It wasn't
- 16. Multiple Choice
What is the motivation to prohibit alcohol in this poster?
It can prevent suicide.
It will limit neglect and child abuse.
It will stop men from spending too much money at bars.
It will limit domestic abuse and divorce.
- 17. Multiple Choice
What is one of the reasons Prohibition was created ?
Reduce crime and corruptions
Make peace
Religion
War
- 18. Multiple Choice
How Did Criminals Take Advantage of Prohibition?
Speakeasies and Bootlegging
Kidnappings
Robberies
They didn't take advantage of prohibition.
- 19. Multiple Choice
What were young women who wore looser clothes, used make-up, cut their hair, and pursued new activities?
fundamentalists
speakeasies
bootleggers
flappers
- 20. Multiple Choice
Supporters (dries) of prohibition claimed that...
People were drink driving
3000 infants are smothered yearly in bed by drunk parents
Alcohol should only be available to people that do not have children
Saloons should only be open between 6pm & 8pm
- 21. Multiple Choice
Ultimately Prohibition was a success in the United States.
True
False
True but only in the larger cities such as New York & Chicago
True, but only in one State.
- 22. Multiple Choice
What did the 18th Amendment accomplish?
It granted all men the right to vote
It granted all women the right to vote
It banned the sale and consumption of alcohol (prohibition)
It made illegal the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcohol
- 23. Multiple Choice
What is the motivation to prohibit alcohol in this poster?
It can prevent suicide
It will prevent abuse and neglect
It will prevent boating accidents
It will lead to more productivity at work
- 24. Multiple Choice
Prohibition banned the sale and drinking of alcohol from ______ to _______________.
2000 to 2020
1900 to 1945
1920 to 1933
1600 to 1900
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