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Prohibition

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  • What year was prohibition repealed?
    1933
  • What state never enforced prohibition even after it was made into an amendment?
    Maryland
  • What were the secret underground bars created during prohibition called?
    Speakeasies
  • What amendment ended prohibition?
    21st 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
  • 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.
  • What state has the most counties that don't allow the sale of alcohol today?
    Mississippi
  • What year was the 18th amendment (prohibition) ratified?
    1919
  • What person usually owned a speakeasy?
    Gang leader