Ch. 21.1 & 21.2 Flashcards
Which amendment banned the manufacture sale and transportation of alcohol
18th amendment
When did Prohibition take place?
January of 1920
Which evangelist preached against the evils of drinking?
Billy Sunday
Between what years did migration to the cities accelerate?
1922 through 1929
How many people left their farms and towns each year to move the city?
2 million
Which city with a population of 5.6 million people topped the list of big cities?
New York city
Which city was an industrial powerhouse?
Chicago
Where did support for Prohibition come from?
From the rural South and West, areas with large populations of native-born protestants
Which act established a Prohibition Bureau in the Treasury Department in 1919?
Volstead act
What were underground hidden saloons and nightclubs known as, where you could go and obtain liquor illegally?
Speakeasies
What contributed to organized crime in nearly every major city?
Prohibition
What Chicago city gangster had a bootlegging empire netting over 60 million a year?
Al Capone
What amendment in 1933 repealed the 18th amendment?
21st amendment
The Protestant movement grounded in a literal or nonsymbolic interpretation of the Bible was known as what?
Fundamentalism
Who was one of the most powerful revivalist?
Billy Sunday
