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What was the common name that people called the illegal bars that sprung up throughout the nation during the Prohibition Era?
Hobber-Houses
Jazz rooms
Speakeasies
Wetvilles
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Which of the following terms was a common name used for producers of illegal alcohol during the Prohibition Era?
Bootleggers
Gin frogs
Tempeltons
Pond-Packers
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With the dawn of the twentieth century and America being weakened from its involvement in World War One, certain political factions were able to petition the government to prohibit the buying, selling and manufacturing of alcohol unless for medical purposes. What was the amendment that accomplished this goal?
The fourteenth
The sixteenth
The eighteenth
The twentieth
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What was the amendment that came along later in order to repeal the so-called "Prohibition Amendment"?
The fifteenth
The seventeenth
The nineteenth
The twenty-first
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The National Prohibition Act wasn't the first attempt by the American government to limit alcohol production. What was the name of the act that cut alcohol production a few years prior in attempt to help grain production?
The Burners' Acts
The Thirst and Hunger Act
The Poor Johnny Act
The Wartime Prohibition Act of World War One
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What was the officially recognized alternative title for The National Prohibition Act?
The Volstead Act
The Margrave Legislature
The Rolden Code
The Grant Acts
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Which of the following was the name of the Religious organization that is credited with being a driving force behind the passage of The National Prohibition Act?
The Sisters of Sobriety
The Women's Christian Temperance Union
The Anti-Liquor League
The Alliance for Dry Husbands
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Typically, the religious organizations that tried to ensure Prohibition legislature would pass through Congress were all of what common movement?
Romanism
Baptismal
Pietistic
Repentant
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What did the people of the time nickname the day in July 1919 when the National Wartime Prohibition Act came into effect?
"Tumbleweed Day"
"The Thirsty-First"
"The Day of the Desert"
"The Driest of Days"
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Part of the reason that the national government passed a prohibition law was the fact that many states already had similar laws. What was the first state that passed a statewide prohibition law?
Kansas
Vermont
Missouri
Maine
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One of the major detrimental factors about Prohibition in the United States was that alcoholics who could no longer fuel their addictions turned to other, more dangerous substances. In studies of most major American cities, it was found that drug addiction rose by what percent on average in 1921?
15.9%
20.6%
32.1%
44.6%
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Another dreadful occurrence caused by Prohibition was people drinking denatured alcohol not knowing that it was highly toxic. About how many people were killed from drinking denatured alcohol throughout the entirety of Prohibition?
1,000
5,000
10,000
20,000
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As we constantly discuss the negatives of Prohibition in the United States, it is important to also realize that there were positives as expected. Occurrences of which of the following alcohol-related conditions were reported to have dropped by two-thirds thanks to Prohibition?
Heart disease
Stomach cancer
Osteoporosis
Cirrhosis of the liver
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Many historians considered Prohibition to be the final act of what American political era?
The Progressive Era
The Regressive Era
The Gilded Era
The Era of Corruption
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Which of the following alcoholic beverages was allowed to be made at home so long as it was under the specified alcohol concentration by the Volstead Act?
Bourbon
Wine
Scotch
Brandy
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The people of the Prohibition Era gave nicknames to the sides both supporting and against Prohibition in government. Which of the following was the common nickname for government officials who were against the ban on alcohol?
"The Wets"
"Booze-Backers"
"Wino-ticians"
"Drinking Darryl"
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Now what was the nickname the people gave to the political faction that was in favor of the banning of alcohol?
"Sober Sammy"
"The Abstaining Faction"
"The Sober Side"
"The Dries"
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Which American president tried to veto The National Prohibition Act but had his veto overridden by Congress?
Herbert Hoover
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
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What is the name of the Italian crime organization that rapidly grew in power during Prohibition because of their selling of illegal alcohol?
The Men in Black
The Mafia
The Rigellios
The High-Tails
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Even before the official Twenty-First Amendment to repeal Prohibition, there were other acts that passed in order to slowly make alcohol more and more legal. What act, enacted in 1933, legalized drinks with an alcohol content of 3.2% in the U.S.A.?
The Manchester Act
The Forbin-O'Brien Act
The Cullen-Harrison Act
The Montgomery Legislation
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Even though the Twenty-First Amendment effectively repealed the Eighteenth, it still kept a slight limit on alcohol through which of the following ways?
By limiting the amount of alcohol one could buy in one sitting
By requiring alcohol manufacturers to apply for licenses
By making it illegal to sell alcohol on Thursdays
by refusing to give bailouts to alcohol companies
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Which of the following organizations was not responsible for the enforcement of Prohibition here in the United States?
The Coast Guard
The Department of Justice
The National Guard
The I.R.S.
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One of the most famous bootleggers of the period was a fellow nicknamed "The Man in the Green Hat." What was the true name of this alcohol-maker turned political activist?
Thomas Southridge
George Cassiday
Michael Wexler
Franklin Brauner
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After the repealing of the Eighteenth Amendment, how many states still had their prior state-level prohibitions in effect?
18
22
13
26
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Because of the criminal activity that was rampant throughout the final years of Prohibition, the time from 1931-1935 has been given what nickname by historians?
"The Era Above the Law"
"The Era of Deviants"
"The Public Enemy Era"
"The Criminalization Era"
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Which state was the last one to repeal its state-level prohibition laws after the twenty-first amendment was passed?
Louisiana
Michigan
Arkansas
Mississippi
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Another unintended result of Prohibition was the increase in popularity of strong liquors. Many historians claim this increase is because of what reason?
It was easily disguisable as medical alcohol
Its high concentration made it easier to smuggle
It wasn't banned by Prohibition laws
Police dogs couldn't sniff it out
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It was completely legal, and even encouraged to a certain extent, for drugstores to manufacture and sell medical wine, which usually had near which alcohol content?
10%
20%
40%
80%
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What world leader commented on American Prohibition by saying it was, "An affront to the whole history of mankind"?
Adolf Hitler
Charles de Gualle
Joseph Stalin
Winston Churchill
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What is the name of this woman who was noteworthy as a leader of the Temperance movement and also for the fact that she would walk into bars and destroy bottles of liquor with a hatchet?
Jessica Thornberry
Carrie Nation
Velvet Aberdeen
Mary Clarence
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The Women's Christian Temperance Union claimed that the main reason they crusaded against alcohol was for what reason?
They thought alcohol was convincing people to worship the devil
They wanted their husbands to have no choice but be sober
They wanted to stop allowing the liquor companies power to corrupt Congress
They wanted to improve people's health
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What city was famous for becoming a mobster's paradise after Al Capone took over its criminal underworld in the early 1900's?
Chicago
Los Angeles
New York City
Boston
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What is the name of the dreadful massacre between rival mobs in Chicago that occurred in 1929 and left seven men dead?
The Malacoda Massacre
The Valentine's Day Massacre
The Scarface Affair
The South-Side Massacre
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Two of the most famous faces during the so-called "Public Enemy Era" was what couple of bank robbers who died in a shootout with authorities?
Fred and Ginger
Shawn and Beruka
Max and Tippy
Bonnie and Clyde
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