WorksheetsProhibition
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What did the 18th Amendment accomplish?
a)
It granted all men the right to vote
b)
It granted all women the right to vote
c)
It banned the sale and consumption of alcohol (prohibition)
d)
It provided equal rights for women of all races
2.
What were secret, illegal clubs that served alcohol?
a)
flappers
b)
prohibition
c)
bootleggers
d)
speakeasies
3.
Who was the gangster who dominated the illegal liquor trade in Chicago through blackmail, bribery, and murder?
a)
Billy Sunday
b)
Al Capone
c)
Aimee Semple McPherson
d)
Lucky Luciano
4.
Who are people who illegally import liquor?
a)
flappers
b)
prohibition
c)
bootleggers
d)
speakeasies
5.
What increased during Prohibition?
a)
high school graduation rates
b)
the number of people who paid income taxes on time
c)
church attendance
d)
organized crime
6.
Since organized crime became more powerful, what started to increase in cities?
a)
Charity work
b)
Violence
c)
Homelessness
d)
Divorce rates
7.
What movement opposed the use of alcohol?
a)
Weather
b)
Sufrage
c)
Temperance
d)
Progressive
8.
One of the most powerful groups in the US during Prohibition helped get the era started. They were the
a)
National American Women's Suffrage Association
b)
Anti-Saloon League
c)
Women's Christian Temperance Union
d)
Salvation Army
9.
The event that symbolized the violence of the gang warfare of the 1920's was the
a)
arrest of Al Capone
b)
St. Valentine's Day Massacre
c)
Irish vs Italian gang wars in Chicago
d)
death of Baby Face Nelson
10.
What ended national prohibition?
a)
18th Amendment
b)
Prohibition
c)
Volstead Act
d)
21st Amendment
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