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Question 1

The Temperance Movement B-11

Answer 1

“Prohibition was intended to solve the social ills of the day.”

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Question 2

The Temperance Movement B-12

Answer 2

“…the National Temperance Movement began decrying alcohol as the root cause of societal evils, including laziness and poverty.”

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Question 3

The Temperance Movement:

The Role of Women B-13

Answer 3

“Despite not being allowed to vote, women were among the biggest proponents of Prohibition, seeing it as a way to combat domestic violence.”

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Question 4

The Temperance Movement:

The Role of Women B-14

Answer 4

“…before Susan B. Anthony became one of the major leaders of the women’s suffrage movement, she gave her first public speech, in 1848, in support of stricter liquor laws.”

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Question 5

The Temperance Movement:

Lobbyists B-15

Answer 5

“By 1913, thanks to lobbying groups like the Anti-Saloon League and the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, half of all Americans lived under state or local Prohibition laws.”

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Question 6

Saloons & Overconsumption E-16

Answer 6

“Perhaps it was the growing trend of hard liquor, as referred to as dark spirits, that sent this country and its men over the edge… Men were still playing their merry games with alcohol, letting it dance down their gullets at all hours of the day. Yet liquor; like whiskey, rum, gin, and vodka, were growing more popular. These spirits’ games weren’t so innocent.”

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Question 7

Saloons & Overconsumption E-17

Answer 7

“Believe it or not, one of the greatest inventions of man - refrigeration- was largely to blame for widespread overindulgence, particularly of beer.”

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Question 8

Saloons and Overconsumption E-18

Answer 8

“Refrigeration techniques were also springing up in many saloons, making for a more pleasant and “safe” drinking experience.”

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Question 9

Saloons and Overconsumption F-19

Answer 9

A predominant reason for Prohibition was because Prohibitionists thought the alcohol industry could not exist and be controlled to “the point of morality.” Many Prohibitionists sighted saloons and the lude behaviors happening there as reasons for this belief.

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Question 10

Saloons and Overconsumption F-20

Answer 10

“Before Prohibition, the U.S. drank 140 million gallons of liquor a year.”

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Question 11

Unintended Effects of Prohibition F-21

Answer 11

“Industries and honest people undoubtedly suffered during Prohibition… As we have seen, this merely caused illicit and dangerous dealings to skyrocket as crooks and sleuths sidestepped the law.”

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Question 12

Unintended Effects of Prohibition:

Speakeasies F-22

Answer 12

“…the U.S. practically “forced” the creation of nearly millions of speakeasies…”

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Question 13

Unintended Effects of Prohibition:

Speakeasies F-23

Answer 13

“…they drank not much less than 200 million gallons of liquor (per year) during prohibition… prohibition made liquor easier to get a hold of than beer…”

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Question 14

Unintended Effects of Prohibition B-24

Answer 14

“Prohibition was intended to solve the social ills of the day. Instead, it led to a whole new set of problems – fueling the rise of organized crime, corrupting public officials, and creating a nation of lawbreakers.”

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Question 15

Unintended Effects of Prohibition:

Speakeasies B-25

Answer 15

“Prohibition gave way to a new generation of women who found liberation in going to speakeasies, where – unlike in the all-male saloons of the pre-Prohibition days – they were able to drink alongside men.”

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Question 16

Unintended Effects of Prohibition G-26

Answer 16

“Indeed, entire illegal economies (bootlegging, speakeasies, and distilling operations) flourished.”

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Question 17

Unintended Effects of Prohibition:

Speakeasies I-27

Answer 17

Speakeasies were “illegal, secretive drinking establishments…”

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Question 18

Unintended Effects of Prohibition:

Speakeasies F-28

Answer 18

“The increased consumption of harsher alcohol as a result of prohibition was one of the unintended consequences of the entire dilemma…”

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Question 19

Unintended Consequences of Prohibition:

Rum-Running/Bootlegging B-29

Answer 19

“Taking advantage of the lax law enforcement, bootlegging operations popped up around the country almost immediately.”

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Question 20

Unintended Consequences of Prohibition:

Rum-Running/Bootlegging I-30

Answer 20

Bootlegging began with the “smuggling of foreign-made commercial liquor into the United States.” This liquor came from Canada, Mexico, the Bahamas, Cuba, Saint-Pierre, Miquelon, and Newfoundland.

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Question 21

Unintended Consequences of Prohibition:

Rum-Running/Bootlegging I-31

Answer 21

Bootleggers also sold “medicinal whiskey” that they acquired through the use of prescriptions both real and fake.

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Question 22

Unintended Consequences of Prohibition:

Rum-Running/Bootlegging I-32

Answer 22

“Finally, bootleggers took to bottling their own concoctions of spurious liquor…”

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Question 23

Unintended Consequences of Prohibition:

Rum-Running/Bootlegging I-33

Answer 23

“The American Mafia crime syndicate arose out of the coordinated activities of Italian bootleggers and other gangsters in New York City in the late 1920s…”

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Question 24

Unintended Consequences of Prohibition:

Rum-Running/Bootlegging I-34

Answer 24

“A favorite rendezvous of the rum-running ships was a point opposite Atlantic City, New Jersey, just outside the three-mile limit beyond which the U.S. government lacked jurisdiction.”

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Question 25

Unintended Consequences of Prohibition:

Rum-Running/Bootlegging M-35

Answer 25

“Boats and ships, known as ‘rum runners’ easily ran liquor across the border into the U.S.”

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Question 26

Unintended Consequences of Prohibition:

Rum-Running/Bootlegging M-36

Answer 26

“…a fleet of ships sat in international waters, just outside the three-mile limit, catering to Americans who sailed out to indulge in wine and liquor.”

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Question 27

Unintended Consequences of Prohibition:

Non-alcoholic Replacements F-37

Answer 27

“During prohibition, many companies focused their efforts on improving bottling equipment and machinery, which was used in the production of near beer - beer with little to no alcohol content - root beer, ginger ale, and soft drinks.”

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Question 28

Unintended Consequences of Prohibition:

Non-alcoholic Replacements F-38

Answer 28

“It probably bummed a few kids out that Anheuser-Busch and Yuengling wouldn’t be using their refrigerated trucks to deliver ice cream anymore…”

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Question 29

Unintended Consequences of Prohibition:

Non-alcoholic Replacements F-39

Answer 29

The non-alcoholic creations (root beer, ginger ale, and soft drinks) continued to be consumed after the repeal of Prohibition. These products are enjoyed in mass quantities to this day.

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