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how far was prohibition successfully enforced in 1920s USA Flashcards

big question 8

1
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SUCCESS = successes of prohibition

A
  • death rates decreased
  • arrests
  • information campaigns
    -> widespread approval
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SUCCESS = how many arrests did Moe smith and izzy einstein make

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4392 arrests

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SUCCESS = 2 agents who made 4392 arrests =

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Izzy Einstein and Moe Smith

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4
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SUCCESS = what did alcholo consumption deline by

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declined by 30 % to 50 %

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5
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SUCCESS =
a) in 1921 how mnay arrests did federal agents maek
b) by 1929 what had this risen to

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a) 34175
b) 66878

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SUCCESS =
a) what year was there 34175 arrests
b) what year was there 66878 arrests

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a) 1921
b) 1929

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7
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SUCCESS = what did the death rate due to alcohol decrease by

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42 %

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SUCCESS = death rate due to liver cirrhosis of the liver decreased by

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70 %

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9
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SUCCESS = crime decreased by

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54 %

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10
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SUCCESS = insanity decreased by

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66 %

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SUCCESS = arrests for public drunknness and disorderly conduct declined by how much between 1916 and 1922

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50 %

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SUCCESS = what years between did arrests for public drunknnedd and dirosderly conduct decline by

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1916 adn 1922

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13
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SUCCESS = what did the government do

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  • ran information campaigns
    -> prohibition gained widespread approval in some states
    -» particularly rural mid west
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14
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FAILURES = failures of prohibition / why did prohibition end

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  • lacked support
  • made normal americans lawbreakers
  • corrupt agents
  • organised crime and violence
  • health problemns
  • taxes
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FAILURES = where was rpohibition never supported

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cities

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16
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FAILURES = what did some people do to get alchol

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  • set up own stills to make moonshine
  • or went to illegal bars called speakeasies
17
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FAILURES = what were the illegal bars called

A

speakeasies

18
Q

FAILURES = what were people prepared to do to drink

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  • break laws
  • bribe officials
    -> as millions of americans didn’t support the law and wanted to drink
19
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FAILURES = where was prohibition never even introduced

A

Maryland

20
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FAILURES = fact that showed demand for alcohol was huge

A

by 1925 there were more speakeasies than there had been legal saloons in 1919

21
Q

FAILURES = george remus gave men what so that they would turn a blind eye to his activities
(gangsters would bribe authoritites)

A

he bribed him with $ 25 000 cufflinks

22
Q

FAILURES = how many agents were corrupt

A

1:12

23
Q

FAILURES = example of a corrupt mayor

A

bill thompson in Chicago

24
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FAILURES = example of a gangster

A

capone,,, gangsters controlled the cities and supplied speakeasies with bootleg alcohol

25
Q

FAILURES = how much did al capone make a year in chicago from selling illegal alcholo

A

$ 60 million a year

26
Q

FAILURES = example of where gangsters would fight to protect their business

A

st valentines massacre

27
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FAILURES = how many murders took place in chicago

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300

28
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FAILURES = how mnay gangland murders took place in cooks county Chicago in 2 years

A

130 with no arrests

29
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FAILURES = how much did gangsters make durin ghte prohibition period from vice and criminal activities (thought to be)

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$ 2 billion

30
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FAILURES = how did prohibition cause health problems

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  • moonshine sold in speakeasies were dangerous
  • cases of blindess and death caused by this alcohol
31
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FAILURES = how did prohibition lose america vital taxes

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  • buyers, sellers and makers would all have to pay taxes which meant more grain could be sold and taxed and the transporters also could be taxed
  • which was important after the depression (1929 to 1932)
32
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FAILURES = what did the government realise was happening in rpohibiton

A

they were losing a large amount of tax by banning the alcohol industry

33
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JUDGEMENT = about prohibition

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  • never achieved aim really as people liked to drink
  • only enforced in certain areas
  • too expensive
  • difficult to enforce as lack of officers and corruption
  • USA was to big to control the law

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