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1
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When was Prohibition?

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From 1919 to 1933

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What was prohibition?

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A period of time where the manufacture, sale and transportation of alcohol was illegal throught the US

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What was the 18th Amendment?

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Change to the consitution which made Volstead Act apple to all states

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Why did people want prohibition?

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alcohol was sinful and immoral
bomestic violence
led to increases crime 
caused diseases
wasteful- grain could be used for food
Alcohol led to lost production 
politicians supported it to win votes 
patriotic move against Germans
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5
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How many people died becasue of alcohol?

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10,000

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How many children were under the influence of domestic violence?

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3000

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Who were bottleggers?

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People who transported illegal alcohol (moonshine) to speakeasies

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How did the US enforce Prohibition?

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Enactment of the Volstead Act
Creation of coeast guard
Creation of federal agents 
education adn propaganda
prosecution took place if somebody drank
police raids on speakeasies
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9
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What did the coast guard do?

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stop illegal imports from Cuba, Bahamas and Canada

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10
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how many agents were hired?

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1500-2300 agents

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How many area did each agent have?

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200,000 miles

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12
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Name two famous prohibition agents

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Isadore Einstein and Moe Smith

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13
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How many arrests did Enstein and Moe make?

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4392

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How many stills were seized?

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282,000

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How much did the consumption of beer decrease?

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20 million gallons in 1920 to 14 million gallons in 1933

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16
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How many gallons of spririt did federal agents seize?

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11,860,000

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17
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How many arrests were made by prohibition agents?

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66,878

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18
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Why was prohibition a failure?

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Corruption of the work force
Rise of gangsters and crime
More speakeasies opened
Did not imprve the nation’s health

19
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What ratio were agents corrupt?

A

1 in 12 agents

20
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How much were prohibition agents paid?

A

2,500 dollars a year

21
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How much did alcapone pay to have his choice of mayor?

A

250,000

22
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What was the homicide rate?

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78%

23
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How many gangland muders happened?

A

130

24
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What did the rise of the gangsters increase?

A 
Increase in the rise of:
prostitution 
drug trafficking 
gambling 
murder
25
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How much did gangsters make off of gambling?

A

25 million

26
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How much did gangsters make off of prostitution?

A

10 million

27
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How much did Al capone make from bootlegging?

A

60 million

28
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How much profits were made from bootlegging?

A

2 billion

29
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When was the St. Valentine’s Massacre?

A

1929

30
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How many ppl were killed at the Valentine’s Massacre?

A

7 people

31
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How many speakeasies were there in Detroit in 1925?

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15,000

32
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How many speakeasies were there in New York in 1925?

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32,000

33
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What was the time taken to find a speakeasy in Chicago?

A

21 min

34
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What was the time taken to find a speakeasy in Pittsburg?

A

11 min

35
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What was the time taken to find a speakeasy in New Orleans?

A

35 sec

36
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How many people died of bad moonshine in 1926?

A

760 people

37
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What were the causes of the end of prohibition?

A 
Violent crime wave
Failed to improve health 
Great Depression 
Lack of public support 
Profits and business of liquor
38
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How was the great depression the reason for the end of prohibition?

A

Morale
alcohol creates jobs and prosperity
government could get taxes from alcolhol to pay for New Deal
FDR promised to repeal the Volstead Act for votes

39
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How much miney did the government pay on prohibition?

A

$13.4million

40
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Whick public figure did not support prohibition?

A

Rockefeller

41
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What was prohibition regarded as?

A

the ills of society

42
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Who capaigned against Prohibtion?

A

Smart society women

43
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How much money would governemnt take taxes from liquor businesses?

A

11 billion to stabilize the economy

44
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What were speakeasies?

A

Illegal bars run by gangsters- there was a door and a password was needed to get in

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