America Drinks History

Question 1

The most popular spirit in Colonial America

Answer 1

Rum

Question 2

Rum was made from

Answer 2

Sugar Cane

Question 3

Sugar cane was planted in 1494 in the Caribbean by

Answer 3

Columbus

Question 4

Early Colonials distillers imported ______ from the Caribbean to make their own rum.

Answer 4

Molasses

Sugar cane juice is triple boiled, then put in a centrifuge to make Molasses.

Question 5

When the British cut off the supply of Molasses/Sugar cane, Colonials started to distill large amounts of _____ made from ___

Answer 5

Whiskey

Rye

Question 6

George Washington began to tax this home made spirit, which led to the

Answer 6

Whiskey Rebellion

Question 7

Many farmers left Pennsylvania and several other colonies in protest of these taxes and moved to the open frontier of Kentucky and Tennessee where the spirit they produced was now named

Answer 7

Bourbon

Question 8

Rum was often mixed into ____ to make it taste better

Answer 8

Punch

Question 9

Prohibition lasted from 1920-1933, it prohibited the ___,____,_____ of alcoholic beverages.

Answer 9

Manufacture, sale or transportation

Question 10

The 3 places a person could Legally obtain alcohol during prohibition is

Answer 10

Drug store
Church
In your own home

Question 11

The idea for Prohibition started a hundred years earlier with the

Answer 11

Temperance Movement