Key People
This person was a very famous American gangster who profited greatly from the Prohibition. He was also known as Scarface.
Who is Al Capone?
This word means the prevention of alcohol in the U.S. (liquor being illegal) during the 1920s.
What is Prohibition?
This political movement was founded in 1893 in Oberlin, Ohio to boycott liquor (not temperance movement).
What is the Anti-Saloon League?
This amendment introduced the Prohibition.
What is the 18th Amendment?
True or False: The Prohibition was successful in stopping Americans from drinking liquor.
What is false?
This person was president at the time the Prohibition act was repealed.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
This word means illegal places were alcohol was consumed.
What is a speakeasy?
In this year, Al Capone is accused of the murder of prosecutor Billy McSwiggin.
This act outlined how the Prohibition will be enforced
What is the National Prohibition Act?
What are New York and Maryland?
This person commanded a militia to open fire on a large group of Irish drinkers. He is known as the "father of the Prohibition."
Who is Neal Dow?
This word means the behaviours or methods of gangsters and gangs that spread in the 1920s.
What is gangsterism?
These were the years that the Great Depression took place in the United States?
What was 1929-1941?
This amendment repealed the 18th amendment to stop the ban of liquor.
What is the 21st amendment?
The National Prohibition Act's other title was named after this person.
This person was a lieutenant in the Seattle Police Department. He was caught bootlegging and later became one of the biggest employers in Seattle.
Who is Roy Olmstead?
This word means the urge to stop consuming liquor (boycott/protest of liquor).
What is the temperance movement?
In this event in 1914, liquor was poured down the sewers in Topeka, Kansas to protest alcohol.
What is the Pre-Prohibition Temperance Crusade?
This was the year that the 21st amendment was ratified.
What is 1933?
The tax revenue of the federal government reduced by this much.
What is $11 Billion?
This person was the leader of the Brewers Association. He tried to stop the Prohibition act as long as he could.
Who is Adolphus Busch?
What is the difference between rum-runners and bootleggers?
The difference is that bootleggers produce the liquor locally while rum-runners import it from different places.
In this event, Al Capone ordered his followers to commit homicide on 7 rival gang members.
What was the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre?
This was the year that the 18th amendment was ratified?
These were two deadly substances that were often mixed with liquor which led to the death of many.
What is ethyl and methyl alcohol?