Vocabulary
What word means “to make something illegal”?
To ban
Who strongly supported Prohibition: men or women?
Women
What drink was banned?
Alcohol
Did crime increase or decrease during Prohibition?
Increase
What nickname is given to the 1920s?
The Roaring 20s
What do we call a secret illegal bar during Prohibition?
A speakeasy
What movement wanted to reduce or stop alcohol drinking?
The Temperance Movement
What year did Prohibition start?
1920
Who sold alcohol illegally?
Bootleggers
What music style became very popular?
What word means “bringing goods into a country secretly”?
Smuggling
What criminal famous during Prohibition became rich from illegal alcohol?
Al Capone
What year did it end?
1933
What type of group became stronger during Prohibition?
Gangs / Organized Crime
Where did young people go to dance during Prohibition?
Speakeasies
What is it called when a group gets together to do something illegally
Organized crime
What group helped push for the 18th Amendment?
(the prohibiton amendment)
Moral reformers / Temperance activists / Women
What is the name for the time when alcohol was illegal?
Prohibition
Why did many citizens stop respecting the law?
People found illegal alcohol and didn't support the movement
What name was given to modern young women of the 1920s?
Flappers
What is the word for officially ending a law?
Repeal
Who had the job to catch people breaking Prohibition laws?
Police / Prohibiton Agents
Which amendment banned alcohol?
18th amendment
Why did Prohibition fail?
People drank in secret / Crime increased
Why was the 1920s a fun decade for many people?
Music, dancing, new technology, new fashion