Name: Hour: Date:
Directions: Go to schools website and click the following tabs…academics 
departments
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social studies
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9 th
grade
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(scroll to end of list) prohibition
Site: http://library.thinkquest.org/04oct/00492/#
Start on the HOME page…
1.
Define National Prohibition:
2.
Why did saloons turn a profit during prohibition?
Click on menu bar (left hand side) and go to ORIGINS . Within the page, click on the sub headings and answer the questions for each subheading.
 Alcohol in America
1.
Explain why and how alcohol has always been a part of America.
 Women
1.
How did women contribute to prohibition?
2.
How did the Anti-Saloon League become so powerful?
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Religion
1.
How did religion influence prohibition?

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World War I
1.
How did World War I impact prohibition?
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Prohibition Laws
1.
Define… a.
Interstate Liquor Act: b.
18 th Amendment: c.
Volstead Act:
2.
How did people react to these laws?
Go back to the menu bar at the left and click on MEDIA. Answer the following questions about each of the subheadings listed below…
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Cartoons
1.
Why were political cartoons used?
2.
Who was “Mr. Dry”? What did he come to represent?
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Movies
1.
Why were movies before and during prohibition so influential?
2.
How did movies impact children?
3.
Why did temperance groups pressure the movie industry?

4.
Define the “Hays Code” – why did the movie industry have it?
5.
What was it about gangster movies that made them so successful?
Go back to the menu bar at the left and click on END OF PROHIBITION . Answer the following questions about each of the subheadings listed below…
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Why it failed
1.
What did people hope prohibition would do and what did it really do?
2.
Why did prohibition ultimately fail?
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Repeal of Prohibition
1.
Which President helped to push through the end of prohibition?
2.
Define the 21 st Amendment. Which state was last to ratify the amendment?
3.
How long did the following states keep “state prohibition”… a.
Kansas: b.
Oklahoma: c.
Missouri: