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Quiz on facts about prohibition and why it failed.

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What year was the 18th amendment (prohibition) ratified?

1919

What were the secret underground bars created during prohibition called?

Speakeasies

What person usually owned a speakeasy?

Gang leader

What year was prohibition repealed?

1933

What state has the most counties that don't allow the sale of alcohol today?

Mississippi

What state never enforced prohibition even after it was made into an amendment?

Maryland

What amendment ended prohibition?

21st amendment

What was the temperance movement.

A movement that advocated for moderation and later complete abstinence of alcohol. It spearheaded the creation of the eighteenth amendment.

According to The Great Gatsby, why were many of the characters able to drink freely during prohibition?

Their wealth

What did prohibition end up causing instead of stopping?

crime and corruption