Prohition

Question 1

When was prohibition introduced?

Answer 1

January 1920

Question 2

what does prohibition mean?

Answer 2

Banning the selling and production of alcohol

Question 3

Which two main movements want prohibition?

Answer 3

The Anti-Saloon League

Women’s Christian’s Temperance Union

Question 4

What areas were the anti-alcohol movements the strongest?

Answer 4

Rural areas, it was greatly supported among women.

Question 5

What was the smuggling, creation and places that sold illegal alcohol called?

Answer 5

Bootlegging
Moonshine
Speakeasies

Question 6

Arguments for prohibition?

Answer 6

Drinking was said to encourage the spread of communism after the Russian Revolution
WW1 drinkers were accused of being unpatriotic cowards - most breweries were ran by Germans immigrants who were portrayed as the enemy
Supporters of prohibition claimed drinking cause lawlessness

Question 7

How was prohibition successful?

Answer 7

in 1929, 50 million litres of illegal alcohol had been destroyed
The consumption of alcohol fell and stayed down until 1971 when the levels matched 1914

Question 8

How was prohibition a failure?

Answer 8

Drinking continued and there was not enough law enforcement to stop it.
The trade just went “underground” with speakeasies, moonshine and bootlegging.
Many ordinary people became criminals.
Moonshine was not to good enough standards and killed people - “Jackass Brandy” cause internal bleeding
Gangsterism became popular and highly profitable, leading to an increase in violence and police ‘turning blind eyes’.

Question 9

When did prohibition end?

Answer 9

1933 the 21st Amendment abolished prohibition