Prohibition

Question 1

Prohibition was made part of the constitution in…….

Answer 1

……the 18th amendment, January 1920

Question 2

The 18th amendment banned……

Answer 2

……the manufacturing, sale and transportation of alcohol

Question 3

The Volstead act defined a…….

Answer 3

…….drink as anything with more than half a % of alcohol in

Question 4

The US government introduced…..

Answer 4

……2,000 federal prohibition agents to find and arrest offenders

Question 5

Two famous agents were

Answer 5

Izzy Einstein and Moe Smith, they made in total 4,300 arrests

Question 6

Who arrested Al Capone?

Answer 6

Eliot Ness and his ‘untouchables’

Question 7

How many gang/booze related deaths were there between 1926-29?

Answer 7

1,300

Question 8

Before prohibition there were…..

Answer 8

…..15,000 bars in New York, by 1926 there were 32,000 speakeasies in NY

Question 9

In 1929 it is estimated that….was produced in American homes

Answer 9

…..70 million gallons of beer……

Question 10

1 in 13…….

Answer 10

….prohibition agents were fired for taking bribes. Most policemen went to speakeasies themselves

Question 11

Al Capone by 1927

Answer 11

• was earning some $60 million a year
• had 700 men under his control
• was responsible for over 500 murders

Question 12

St. Valentines day massacre

Answer 12

14th February 1929, Capone’s men dressed as police officers and shot 7 rival gang members