Prohibition (AQA GCSE History): Flashcards
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Start date of Prohibition
Start date of Prohibition
January 1920
Official name of Prohibition law
Official name of Prohibition law
18th Amendment
What Prohibition banned
What Prohibition banned
Manufacture, transport, or sale of alcohol
Prohibition loophole
Prohibition loophole
It wasn't illegal to buy or drink alcohol
Number of Prohibition Agents
Number of Prohibition Agents
Approx. 1,500
Major campaign group for Prohibition
Major campaign group for Prohibition
Anti-Saloon League
Definition of speakeasies
Definition of speakeasies
Illegal drinking establishments
Definition of bootleggers
Definition of bootleggers
People who smuggled alcohol into the country
Definition of moonshine
Definition of moonshine
Strong, home-made alcohol
Alcohol poisoning increase during Prohibition
Alcohol poisoning increase during Prohibition
Over 700%
How gangs corrupted law enforcement
How gangs corrupted law enforcement
Bribed police officers and judges
Protection rackets meaning
Protection rackets meaning
Gangs extorted money by 'protecting' businesses
End date of Prohibition
End date of Prohibition
1933 (21st Amendment)