Vocabulary
A person coming to live permanently in a foreign country
Immigrant
This drink was considered “safe, nutritious, and caloric” in German culture.
Beer
By 1830, the average American over age 15 consumed nearly this many gallons of pure alcohol per year.
7 gallons
Immigrants generally felt this way about the Prohibition law
Disagreed/disagreement
Widespread destruction
Havoc
Germans historically drank beer because it was often cleaner and safer than this.
Water
Alcohol abuse was said to wreak havoc on the lives of many, especially this group.
Men
Illegal liquor trade grew because immigrants continued doing this despite the ban.
consuming alcohol
Bitter anger at having being treated unfairly
Resentment
This German purity law allowed only water, hops, yeast, and malt in beer.
Reinheitsgebot
This state passed a strict prohibition law in 1851, causing resentment among working-class and Irish immigrants.
Maine
The illegal liquor trade under Prohibition led to the rise of this large criminal network.
Bootlegging
A person who makes, distributes, or sells goods illegally
Bootlegger
When Prohibition began, Germans continued doing this with alcohol.
Consuming beer illegally
Supporters of Prohibition expected sales of clothing and household goods to rise; instead, these industries declined.
Entertainment and entertainment industries/ theatres and restaurants
This immigrant group in Philadelphia was especially known for opening beer saloons.
German immigrants
The law that bans the manufacture, sale, transportation, importation, or exportation of intoxicating liquors (alcohol) from the United States
Prohibition Law
German immigrants opened many of these drinking establishments in Philadelphia’s Brewerytown.
Beer saloons
Restaurants and theaters struggled because they could no longer make a profit without these legal sales.
Liquor sales
The resentment caused by Maine’s 1851 law especially affected this immigrant group.
Irish immigrants