prohibitiion Flashcards
business transferred from the brewing industry to bootleggers
$2,000 million
St Valentine’s Day massacre, year?
1929
how many gangland murders took place between 1927 and 1930 that Capone was involved in?
500
Ammendment banning alcohol?
18th
How many prohibition agents were there in 1920
1,500 (not enough)
why was enforcement difficult in US?
us large borders
Problems with enforcement officers and agents?
Not paid enough and easy to bribe
Successes of prohibition?
Prohibition was observed in small towns and rural areas.
There was a general fall in cases of alcoholism.
Drinking alcohol declined in the United States.
There were less arrests for drunkenness.
Failures of prohibition?
Many people made their own alcohol called moonshine.
There was a huge increase in organised crime.
The Prohibition laws were frequently ignored in the larger cities.
The government lost money when it was no longer able to tax alcohol.
what year was prohibition introduced?
1919
Wording of prohibition?
banned the sale and transportation of alcohol
What was the act that supported the amendment?
Volstead Act
Volstead Act definition of liquor
defined ‘liquor’ as being a drink that contained more than 0.5% of alcohol by volume
Group most successful in banning alcohol
Anti Saloon League
Which report showed the failures of prohibition
Whickersham Commission
