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WorksheetsProhibition & Bootlegging In The Bahamas
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
The Volstead Act was passed in 1919 in the United States of America
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The Volstead Act allowed liquor to be manufactured, sold, exported, imported and consumed legally again.
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Bahamian families like Bethel, Symonette and Collins became millionaires from smuggling liquor into the U.S.
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"Moonshining" is when liquor is made in a brewery late at night.
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The illegal trafficking of rum, gin nd whiskey is known as "bootlegging".
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The Bahamian Government made money by making liquor during the Prohibition era.
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The government of The Bahamas made money by raising taxes on liquor imported into the country.
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Every island in The Bahamas grew and prospered from rum running.
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Inagua, Ragged Island and Mayaguana were used to store and sell liquor to smugglers.
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Nassau had many new developments like indoor plumbing (sewage), electricity, land booms in the western and eastern ends of the island, new hotels and new wharfs.
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