Temperance Movement
What was the Women's Christian Temperance Union?
an organization advocating the prohibition of liquor
The prominent leader of the Temperance Movement in 1927
What is Bishop James Cannon Jr.
What is prohibition?
What is the legal prevention of the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages
What is a bootlegger?
What is a person who makes, distributes, or sells goods illegally
Define the Anti-Saloon League
The most successful political action group that forced the prohibition issue into the forefront of state and local elections
Who has an Act name after him and what is the Act?
What is Andrew Volstead, and the Volstead Act
How long did prohibition last?
What is 13 years
What is gangsterism?
the methods or behavior of gangsters
Define the Temperance Movement
What is a movement dedicated to promoting moderation and, more often, complete abstinence in the use of intoxicating liquor
Who was the woman who went around saloons with a hatchet?
Carrie Nation
What repealed the eighteenth amendment?
What is the 21st amendment
What was law unsuccessful in controlling organized crime?
What is corruption within the system
What was a great influence of the temperance movement?
What is the churches
Who is Texas Guinan?
What is an American actress, producer, and entrepreneur, who was the "Queen" of speakeasies (nightclubs that illegally sold liquor)
When was the eighteenth amendment passed?
January 16th, 1919
From what countries was alcohol smuggled in from?
What is Canada and Mexico
The date the Anti-Saloon League was founded
What is 1893
What was Al Capone charged with?
Al Capone was convicted of income tax evasion and later sentenced to 11 years in federal prison
The Act that stated that any alcohol with over 0.5% content was prohibited
What is the Volstead Act
Who was the most powerful mobster?
Al Capone