2-12, Prohibition Era- Video Clip Lesson

2-12, Prohibition Era- Video Clip Lesson

See Power Points and be sure to create your own Cornell Notes.

Multiple Choice

Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

"After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited."

This passage began what era in the United States?

• Red Scare

• Reconstruction Era

• Prohibition Era

• Civil Rights Era

Multiple Choice

The creation of Prohibition had the unintentional effect of

• increasing the popularity of television and motion pictures.

• causing people to turn to ‘harder’ drugs such as heroin and cocaine.

• creating a network of organized crime that illegally supplied people with alcohol.

• causing increased popularity of radical groups such as the Ku Klux Klan

Multiple Choice

During prohibition, bootlegging was popular in large cities. What were establishments that provided alcohol called?

• Saloons

• Speakeasies

• Night Clubs

• Talkies

Oversimplified- Prohibition

• Watch the Video Clip. Be sure to take notes

• Be prepared for an Exit Ticket that illustrates all of the hidden and intended consequences of the Prohibition Era.

Open Ended

Exit Ticket-

Describe several hidden and unintended consequences of the Prohibition Era.