Prohibition Basics
In what year did Prohibition begin?
A. 1910
B. 1920
C. 1930
D. 1940
Answer: 1920
What were secret illegal bars called?
A. Drink Huts
B. Hideaways
C. Speakeasies
D. Party Rooms
Answer: Speakeasies
Which Chicago gangster became famous during Prohibition?
A. Charles Dickens
B. Al Capone
C. Jesse James
D. Bugsy Siegel
Answer: Al Capone
Jazz-loving women of the 1920s were called…
A. Flappers
B. Jumpers
C. Spinners
D. Dappers
Answer: Flappers
The government lost money during Prohibition because it couldn’t collect…
A. Property taxes
B. Alcohol taxes
C. Sales taxes
D. Gasoline taxes
Answer: Alcohol taxes
Which amendment started Prohibition?
A. 16th
B. 18th
C. 20th
D. 21st
Answer: 18th
Someone who illegally transported alcohol was a…
A. Watchdog
B. Bootlegger
C. Porter
D. Rum Maker
Answer: Bootlegger
Capone controlled which kind of group?
A. Labor union
B. Sports team
C. Crime syndicate
D. Railroad company
Answer: Crime syndicate
What dance was popular in speakeasies?
A. Salsa
B. Charleston
C. Macarena
D. Tango
Answer: Charleston
Dangerous homemade alcohol was called…
A. Hot water
B. Moonshine / rotgut
C. Fire juice
D. Dark ale
Answer: Moonshine / rotgut
Which law enforced Prohibition?
A. Sherman Act
B. Volstead Act
C. Hawley-Smoot Act
D. Neutrality Act
Answer: Volstead Act
Rum-runners transported alcohol using…
A. Taxis
B. Speedboats
C. Submarines
D. Trains
Answer: Speedboats
Which 1929 event involved Prohibition gang violence?
A. Black Tuesday
B. St. Valentine’s Day Massacre
C. Haymarket Riot
D. Johnstown Flood
Answer: St. Valentine’s Day Massacre
What music dominated the 1920s?
A. Rock
B. Jazz
C. Pop
D. Classical
Answer: Jazz
Who tried to enforce Prohibition?
A. Traffic police
B. Park rangers
C. Prohibition agents
D. FBI technicians
Answer: Prohibition agents
Prohibition banned the making and selling of what?
A. Tobacco
B. Fireworks
C. Alcohol
D. Lottery tickets
Answer: Alcohol
Hidden alcohol containers worn in shoes were called…
A. Quick flasks
B. Pocket cans
C. Hip flasks / boot flasks
D. Sole bottles
Answer: Hip flasks / boot flasks
Capone was arrested for…
A. Murder
B. Bootlegging
C. Smuggling
D. Tax evasion
Answer: Tax evasion
Which musician was famous in the Jazz Age?
A. Elvis Presley
B. Louis Armstrong
C. Taylor Swift
D. Beethoven
Answer: Louis Armstrong
A major reason Prohibition failed was…
A. Lack of grain
B. Everyone moved to Canada
C. Corruption and bribery
D. No one wanted to party
Answer: Corruption and bribery
Which amendment ended Prohibition?
A. 19th
B. 20th
C. 21st
D. 22nd
Answer: 21st
What was “Rum Row”?
A. A famous speakeasy
B. A line of ships selling alcohol offshore
C. A government building
D. A train route
Answer: A line of ships selling alcohol offshore
Which agent led efforts against gangsters?
A. Theodore Roosevelt
B. Eliot Ness
C. J. Edgar Hoover
D. Robert Kennedy
Answer: Eliot Ness
Which amendment gave women the right to vote?
A. 15th
B. 19th
C. 21st
D. 23rd
Answer: 19th
Which event increased pressure to end Prohibition?
A. Civil War
B. Great Depression
C. Pearl Harbor
D. Cold War
Answer: Great Depression