acts and movements
dates in time
gangsters
speakeasies
court cases
100
The Volstead Act stated what?
What is "beer, wine, or other intoxicating malt or vinous liquors”,meant any beverage that was more than 0.5% alcohol by volume. was illigal
100
Prohibition was a period of nearly how many years?
What is What is fourteen years
100
how many bandits with pistols emptied two freight cars full of whiskey from a rail yard in Chicago?
What is six masked bandits
100
what is a speakeasie
What is Speakeasies were hidden sections of an establishment that were used to illegally sell alcoholic beverages during Prohibition
100
was a United States Supreme Court case coming out of the state of Ohio. It challenged the validity of the way in which the 18th Amendment had been passed
What is Hawke v. Smith, 253 U.S. 221 (1920),
200
This Act did allow for some alcohol to be kept as what?
What is “medicine” and for “research,”
200
the platform of Democratic presidential candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt included a plank for repealing the 18th Amendment, and his victory that November marked a certain end to Prohibition. what year did this happen?
What is 1932
200
who is the most famous gangster of this time period ?
What is al capone
200
would need to say what to get into a speakeasie
What is password to the doorperson so that the doorperson would know whether or not they were really secret agents.
200
how many days was the waiting period on a amendment ?
What is 90days
300
the Temperance movement blamed alcohol for many things what were they?
What is society's ills, especially crime and murder.
300
Congress adopted a resolution proposing the 21st Amendment to the Constitution, which repealed both the 18th Amendment and the Volstead Act. what year did this happen?
What is February 1933
300
Al Capone held press conferences at which he presented himself as what he called a what?
What is "public benefactor" who offered Chicago citizens the "light pleasures" they wanted.
300
Manhattans “21” club was probably the most secure club, with what?
What is four safety switches that could be used during a raid to short circuit and cut the access to all of the doors that contained alcohol
300
who was the Secretary of State
What is Robert Lansing
400
when was the volsted act passed ?
What is October 28, 1919
400
by what year did all the states abandon prohabition?
What is 1966
400
what was Roy Olmsteads nickname ?
What is the "King of the Puget Sound Bootleggers,"
400
To transport liquor to the speakeasies, they used ?
What is hip flasks, false books, coconut shells, hot water bottles, and garden hoses. in carriages with babies perched on top and in carpenter’s aprons. in boxes of eggs. They had drained the eggs of the original contents and refilled them with liquor.
400
a petition was signed by what percent of voters
What is six percent
500
Prohibition was a period of U.S. history in which the manufacture, sale, and transportation of liquor was made illegal. It led to what?
What is the first and only time an Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was repealed.
500
what are the years of prohabition ?
What is 1919-1933
500
in front of Holy Name Cathedral in downtown Chicago, Capone's men machine-gunned Weiss to death and wounded three of his lieutenants. "It was extremely cold blooded. Nobody knows to this day who did it. Nobody was ever arrested, nobody was ever charged with the crime. It was widely believed to have been the work of Al Capone, who was said to be in pursuit of Bugs Moran. Bugs Moran was not one of the seven men killed." what was this called?
What is St. Valentine's Day Massacre
500
In between all of the wild parties going on behind closed doors, the illegal transportation of liquor, and the skyrocketing of gang activities, Prohibition and the Speakeasies that resulted were definitely some of the most ?
What is secretive and rebellious things to happen in the 1920s
500
in the ensuing referendum, a majority of Ohio voters voted against prohibition, seemingly invalidating the passage of the 18th Amendment. The controversy regarding this situation eventually led to?
What is a court case which made it to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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