Prohibition - extended

Question 1

What were supporters of prohibition known as?

Answer 1

Dries

Question 2

In what areas were the anti-alcohol movements strongest?

Answer 2

Rural areas

Question 3

How was prohibition successful?

Answer 3

• 50 million litres of alcohol was destroyed

* Alcohol consumption fell from 1914 to 1971 (years after prohibition)

Question 4

How was prohibition a failure?

Answer 4

• Drinking continued - speakeasies, bootlegging, moonshine
• 4000 police wasn’t enough to enforce act
• Moonshine killed people - pure liquor / poison
• Gangsters - violent but made huge profits

Question 5

How did prohibition end?

Answer 5

21st amendment proved prohibition had failed