Prohibition Flashcards
Prohibition was made part of the constitution in…….
……the 18th amendment, January 1920
The 18th amendment banned……
……the manufacturing, sale and transportation of alcohol
The Volstead act defined a…….
…….drink as anything with more than half a % of alcohol in
The US government introduced…..
……2,000 federal prohibition agents to find and arrest offenders
Two famous agents were
Izzy Einstein and Moe Smith, they made in total 4,300 arrests
Who arrested Al Capone?
Eliot Ness and his ‘untouchables’
How many gang/booze related deaths were there between 1926-29?
1,300
Before prohibition there were…..
…..15,000 bars in New York, by 1926 there were 32,000 speakeasies in NY
In 1929 it is estimated that….was produced in American homes
…..70 million gallons of beer……
1 in 13…….
….prohibition agents were fired for taking bribes. Most policemen went to speakeasies themselves
Al Capone by 1927
- was earning some $60 million a year
- had 700 men under his control
- was responsible for over 500 murders
St. Valentines day massacre
14th February 1929, Capone’s men dressed as police officers and shot 7 rival gang members
