Vocabulary
People and Organizations
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100
To abstain from drinking alcohol - also the name for a movement with the same purpose.
What is Temperance
100
The leading organization lobbying for Prohibition in the United States in the early 20th century.
What is the Anti-saloon League
100
This is the only amendment to the US Constitution that tried to tell Americans how to live their lives.
What is the 18th Amendment.
100
Carrie Nation's weapon of choice was this.
What is a hatchet
100
The Winter Olympics are going to be held in this country.
What is Russia
200
Any person who makes, sells, or transports alcolhol for sale illegally.
What is a bootlegger
200
Pabst, Schlitz, Anheiser, and Busch are all examples of these.
What are German Beer Brewers
200
This is the Amendment that repealed, or reversed, the Prohibition Amendment.
What is the 21st Amendment
200
In the early 20th Century, an American man was lynched for speaking this language.
What is German
200
This awards ceremony honoring some of the best movies in Hollywood will be announcing their nominees today.
What is the Academy Awards (or the Oscars)
300
An establishment that illegally sells alcoholic beverages.
What is a speakeasy
300
An association of women formed in the United States in 1874 for the advancement of temperance.
What is the Women's Christian Temperance Union
300
The 16th Amendment to the US Constitution allowed the American government to collect this.
What is income tax
300
During World War I, sauerkraut was called this.
What is liberty cabbage
300
Governor Christie recently had to apologize to a New Jersey mayor for causing traffic on one of these.
What is a bridge
400
The division of powers between the federal government and state governments is called this.
What is federalism
400
The name of the little lady who believed God had told her to bust up all the saloons in America.
Who is Carrie Nation
400
The Anti-saloon League supported the 16th Amendment because they hoped it would hurt this group of people.
Who were the German Brewers
400
Carrie Nation liked to refer to her attacks on saloons by this name.
What is a hatchetation.
400
This football team recently restricted purchase of playoff tickets to customers living in California.
Who are the Seattle Seahawks
500
The legislation, named after a US Congressmen, that put the "teeth" in the 18th Amendment - stating penalties for people who broke the law in regards to alcohol.
What is the Volstead Act
500
He was the influential and manipulative leader of the Anti-Saloon League.
Who was Wayne Wheeler
500
The 19th Amendment gave this group this right.
What is Women the Right to Vote
500
The temperance movement was inspired by this spiritual rebirth in the early 1800's.
What is the Great Awakening
500
Residents in West Virginia recently were warned not to drink their tap water because it began smelling like this strong tasting candy.
What is licorice
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