Prohibition

Question 1

Progressive Era

Answer 1

time period in the early 19th century in which Americans brought improvements to the country

Question 2

WTCU

Answer 2

reform group made by Ohio women who endorsed women’s suffrage

Question 3

ASL

Answer 3

reform group made to close saloons and were up for Prohibition

Question 4

Carrie Nation

Answer 4

nation believed alcohol was evil and needed to go

Question 5

Billy Sunday

Answer 5

gave up as a professional baseball player, later began supporting Prohibition

Question 6

Wayne Wheeler

Answer 6

he was behind the scenes of the ASL

Question 7

Henry Ford

Answer 7

gave numerous interviews about the problems with Alcohol and supported Prohibition

Question 8

Nativism

Answer 8

extreme preference for native-born Americans

Question 9

Webb-Kenyon Act

Answer 9

a federal dry law that regulated interstate transport of alcohol

Question 10

Anti-German Sentiments

Answer 10

a lot of brewers were German-Americans and came under attack due to WWI

Question 11

18th Amendment

Answer 11

officially prohibited alcohol in the U.S. on January 16th 1919

Question 12

Volstead Act

Answer 12

enforcement law that “gave teeth” to the 18th Amendment, contained 67 sections about how Prohibition should be enforced

Question 13

Bootlegger

Answer 13

a person who smuggles small amounts of booze

Question 14

Rum-Runner

Answer 14

a professional smuggler who brings large amounts of booze

Question 15

21st Amendment

Answer 15

In February 1933, this amendment legalized alcohol once again in the country

Question 16

Jones Act

Answer 16

Passed in 1929 by Congress, increased the punishments for smugglers up to a $10,000 fine and/or 5 year imprisonment.

Question 17

St. Valentine’s Day Massacre

Answer 17

the brutal murder of seven members and associates of Chicago’s North Side Gang

Question 18

Concurrent Enforcement

Answer 18

the federal, state, and local governments would together be responsible for enforcing prohibition

Question 19

Wickersham Commission

Answer 19

crime Commission to make recommendation for improving the enforcement of National Prohibition.