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WorksheetsProhibition
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The supporters of Prohibition were called _______.
a)
Dries
b)
Wets
c)
Pros
d)
Cons
2.
What was the name of the group of women involved in Prohibition ?
a)
Women Against Drinking
b)
Mothers against drinking
c)
Women's Temperance Society
d)
Women against Alcohol
3.
What was the name of the religious movement who wanted alcohol banned?
a)
The Temperance movement
b)
The Suffragette movement
c)
The Anti-Saloon League
4.
Which constitutional amendment outlawed the manufacture and sale of Alcohol?
a)
17
b)
18
c)
19
d)
21
5.
Prohibtion lasted from ___________ to ________.
a)
2000-2015
b)
1919-1933
c)
1919-1940
d)
1990-2000
6.
Criminals used who to smuggle alcohol into the United States
a)
Bootleggers
b)
Bootgangers
c)
Bootsmugglers
d)
Bootmakers
7.
The federal law that actually put Prohibition into effect was called the
a)
National Origins Act
b)
Emergency Quota Act
c)
Volstead Act
d)
Dawes Act
8.
Bars that sold illegal alcohol during the 1920's were called
a)
bootlegging establishments
b)
speakeasies
c)
vamps
d)
flappers
9.
Gangsters such as Al Capone and Bugsy Moran had large gangs and were effective at smuggling in alcohol,what is estimated to be the money earned from selling illegal alcohol?
a)
$1 billion a year
b)
$2 billion a year
c)
$5 billion a year
d)
$10 Billion a Year
10.
What amendment canceled amendment 18th?
a)
19 amendment
b)
21 amendment
c)
17 amendment.
d)
None of the above
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