Prohibition

Question 1

when was the Volstead Act

Answer 1

1920

Question 2

how did USA enforce the law and make prohibition work

Answer 2

-enactment of volstead act and change to constitution
-creation of federal agents
- education and propaganda
- illegal alcohol prosecuted
- police raids on speakeasies

Question 3

time to find speakeasy

Answer 3

21 mins

Question 4

how did Al Capone go to jail

Answer 4

-22 counts of tax evasions
- violations of Volstead Act

Question 5

what did coast guard do

Answer 5

stop illegal imports from Cuba, Bahamas and Canada

Question 6

when was prohibition

Answer 6

1919 to 1933

Question 7

how much did the homicide rate increase from pre-prohibition

Answer 7

78%

Question 8

how much did Al Capone make because of bootlegging

Answer 8

$60 million

Question 9

of gangland murders 1926-1927

Answer 9

130

Question 10

of saloons banned by 1916

Answer 10

21 stodes

Question 11

what did federal agents do

Answer 11

• stopping bootleggers and destroying illegal stills and supplies of alcohol
• patrolled Canadian and Mexican borders

Question 12

how many speakeasies were there in Detroit

Answer 12

15,000

Question 13

reasons why supporters of prohibition wanted to ban alcohol

Answer 13

1. sinful and immoral
2. domestic violence
3. increased crime
4. caused disease
5. wasteful- grain used to produce food instead of alcohol
6. Lost production- absences and injuries
7. votes if they supported anti-saloon league
8. patriotic move- brewers were German

Question 14

how did economic problems lead to the end of prohibition

Answer 14

-1929 WSC and economic depression
-taxes from alcohol sales could help instead of the New Deal
- government use the money of police to help economy
-alcohol industry could create legal jobs

Question 15

why was prohibition a failure

Answer 15

1. coastline too large to police- few agents
2. few agents therefore difficult to police
3. corruption of work force
4. more speakeasies opened
5. rise of gangsters
6. gangsters got rich to fund other criminal activities
7. gangland wars- increased violence
8. people died of bad moonshine

Question 16

why prohibition was not a failure

Answer 16

• consumption of beer decreased from 20 million gallons 1920 to 14 million gallons in 1933
• lasted 13 years

Question 17

how did political problems lead to end of prohibition

Answer 17

Roosevelt promised that he would repeat the Volstead Act winning him votes

Question 18

name two famous agents

Answer 18

Isadore Einstein
Moe Smith

Question 19

what was the 18th Amendment

Answer 19

change to the constitution which made Volstead Act apply to out states

Question 20

when was the St. Valentine’s Day massacre

Answer 20

1929

Question 21

of men killed in the St. Valentine’s Day massacre

Answer 21

7 men

Question 22

what were bootleggers

Answer 22

ppl who transported illegal alcohol to speakeasies

Question 23

of murders by Al Capone by 1929

Answer 23

300

Question 24

prohibition agents dismissed for corruption

Answer 24

1 in 12 agents

Question 25

how much was Al Capone worth

Answer 25

$100 million

Question 26

what was prohibition described as

Answer 26

ills of soceity

Question 27

what is moonshine

Answer 27

homemade illegal alcohol that was made in illegal still organised by gangs and sold to speakeasies

Question 28

what were speakeasies

Answer 28

name given to illegal drinking dens/bars run by gangsters

Question 29

how much was government taxes cut down by when alcohol was prohibited

Answer 29

11 billion