Prohibition in the US 2.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? HistoryAmerica - 19th and 20th centuryA2/A-levelEdexcel Created by: graceCreated on: 17-04-13 18:39 Prohibition had been building up since which year? 1826 1 of 15 What year was the Prohibition Party started? 1869 2 of 15 Name two pressure groups Anti-Saloon League and Woman's Christian Temperance 3 of 15 The legislation was introduced to Congress in 1917 but not passed until when? 1920 4 of 15 Food conservation, inefficient use of resources, improved military and betrayal of brewers were all arguments that developed from what? World War 1 5 of 15 Employers supported prohibition because.... workers would be more productive sober 6 of 15 According to religion, alcohol fostered ungodliness, disease and death 7 of 15 In 1915 Billy Sunday's Booze Sermons pulled in audiences of how many? 15000 8 of 15 How did the Federal Council of Churches promote prohibition publicly? advertising and newspapers 9 of 15 The Eugenics movement linked alcohol with what problem? infant mortality 10 of 15 How many treasury agents were employed to enforce prohibition? 3000 11 of 15 Between 1920 and 1930 how many prohibition agents were fined for corruption? 10% 12 of 15 The average agent for prohibition was paid how much? $2500 13 of 15 By 1927 gangster Al Capone had made a profit of how much from selling alcohol illegally? $60m 14 of 15 How many breweries reopened when allowed to do so? 50% 15 of 15
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