Crime And Corruption

Question 1

When did President Wilson ban the selling of beer

Answer 1

September 1918 

Question 2

What is prohibition?

Answer 2

The ban of selling. making, and drinking alcohol

Question 3

When was the prohibition amendment?

Answer 3

January, 1919

Question 4

When did the congress pass the volstead act?

Answer 4

1920

Question 5

Who was in the Ohio gang?

Answer 5

Warren Harding was the leader
Albert fall who was in prison and find $100,000
Charles R. Forbes from guilty of fraud, conspiracy and bribery.
Harry M Daugherty attorney general found guilty of selling alcohol illegally

Question 6

When was the teapot Dome scandal?

Answer 6

1922

Question 7

What happened between 1925 and 1929, with Al Capone 

Answer 7

He killed over 200 rivals

Question 8

when did 50,000 people die from alcohol poisoning

Answer 8

1926

Question 9

When was the Saint Valentines day massacre?

Answer 9

Feb 1929

Question 10

How many speakeasies were in New York in 1930?

Answer 10

Over 30,000

Question 11

When was the end of prohibition?

Answer 11

1933

Question 12

Why did prohibition happen?

Answer 12

Alcohol causes, crime, no working standards and child, neglect and abuse at home,


Question 13

Definition for bootlegger

Answer 13

One who produced or sold alcohol illegally

Question 14

Definition for moonshiner

Answer 14

Illegally, distilled alcohol

Question 15

Definition for speakeasy

Answer 15

Illegal drinking saloon

Question 16

What is a rum runner?

Answer 16

Someone who transports illegal alcohol

Question 17

What is a still?

Answer 17

A device for distilling alcohol

Question 18

What year did Al Capone take control of torrio Gang

Answer 18

1925

Question 19

How did Al Capone not get arrested early?

Answer 19

Capone bribed, police and the mayor with alcohol

Question 20

What was the Saint Valentine’s Day massacre?

Answer 20

It was an attempt to kill bugs Moran, and seven of his gang member was killed 

Question 21

When was Capone found guilty of tax evasion

Answer 21

1931

Question 22

Who protested for prohibition to happen

Answer 22

Protest from anti-saloon league, the women’s Christian temperance union Henry Ford also backed this because he didn’t want people with low
working standards.

Question 23

What did religious group see alcohol as 

Answer 23

They saw it as sin and evil

Question 24

What did America think of Germany during this time?

Answer 24

As America entered World War I, there was an anti-German feeling. The beer was nicknamed Kaisers brew, which is another reason not to sell and drink alcohol.

Question 25

What increased during the prohibition period

Answer 25

Organised crime

Question 26

What are the pros of prohibition?

Answer 26

Death caused by alcoholism fell by 80% by 1921 There were less deaths caused by drink-driving. There were less cases of drink related workplace accidents. There was a decrease in alcohol consumption per capita 

Question 27

What were the cons of prohibition?

Answer 27

By 1926, 50,000 people had died from poisoned alcohol There was an increase in case of blindness and paralysis caused by alcohol There was an increase in underage drinking

Question 28

Historical context with prohibition

Answer 28

Anheuser bush company only managed to survive due to soft drinks they also made glass bottles 

Question 29

When and where was Al Capone born?

Answer 29

1899 in New York

Question 30

When did Al Capone first get involved in crime?

Answer 30

In 1917, when he joins the five points gang led by Johnny Torrio

Question 31

What was Al Capone seen as?

Answer 31

He was seen as a glamorous person he moved in the highest social circle. He was the first to open up soup kitchens after the 1929 Wall Street crash.

Question 32

Who controls the bootleg business in the south of Chicago?

Answer 32

Dion o bannion

Question 33

Definition of corruption

Answer 33

Dishonest behaviour by people in Power often involving bribery

Question 34

Definition of scandal

Answer 34

Action or event that is morally wrong

Question 35

What was one of the oil fields that Albert fall leased to wealthy friends

Answer 35

Teapot, dome, Wyoming and another was at elk Hills, California

Question 36

How much did Albert fall receive after doing secret bribes?

Answer 36

$400,000 suspicions grew after he started spending large amounts of money

Question 37

When and how did Warren Harding die?

Answer 37

He became ill and caught pneumonia. He died in August 1923.

Question 38

What was the impact on American Society from the teapot, dome scandal

Answer 38

They no longer trusted Harding on the official roles