Causes of Prohibition
Many Americans believed alcohol caused these kinds of problems.
Social Problems
This amendment banned the production and sale of alcohol.
18th Amendment
These illegal clubs became popular during the 1920s.
speakeasies
Criminal groups controlled this illegal trade during Prohibition.
alcohol trade/bootlegging trade
This amendment officially ended Prohibition.
21st Amendment
Religious groups supported banning this.
Alcohol
This act enforced Prohibition laws.
Volstead Act
This term describes the illegal selling and transportation of alcohol.
bootlegging
This famous gangster controlled Chicago’s illegal alcohol trade.
Al Capone
Prohibition officially ended in this year.
1933
Reform movements pushed for this type of change.
moral change
Drinking alcohol privately was still __________ during Prohibition.
legal/possible
Illegal alcohol trade became widespread during this part of the 1920s.
mid-1920s
Police and politicians became more corrupt because of this era.
Prohibition
The Great Depression began in this year.
1929
One goal of Prohibition was to reduce this in families.
family problems/issues
The 18th Amendment banned the production and __________ of alcohol.
sale
Crime rates in major cities did this during the 1920s.
increased/rose
Al Capone was arrested for this crime in 1931.
tax evasion
Opposition to Prohibition grew during this decade.
early 1930s
This was the overall goal of Prohibition supporters: to improve __________.
society/American society
Although alcohol could not legally be made or sold, people could still do this privately.
drink alcohol
By the mid-1920s, the illegal alcohol trade had become this.
widespread
Al Capone used these two methods to stay in power.
violence and bribery
Prohibition lasted from 1920 until this exact date in 1933.
December 5, 1933