Name: _______________________________
USVA History
Chapter 21.1 – Changing Ways of Life
What is the most important thing for this section (Main Idea) Write it your own words–
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Prohibition
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The ________________________________ amendment launched an era known as
prohibition, in which manufacturing, sale, and transportation of ___________________
was illegal
Quick question- What are the pros and cons of criminalizing a controlled substances?
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Cause
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Various _______________________ groups thought drinking alcohol was sinful
Reformers believed that the ______________________ should protect the public’s health
Reformers believed that alcohol led to crime, wife and child abuse, and ______________
During World War I, native-born Americans developed a hostility to
___________________________ brewers and toward other immigrant groups that used
alcohol
Effect
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Consumption of alcohol _______________________
________________________ for the law developed
An increase in _______________________, such as smuggling and bootlegging, was
evident
Criminals found a new source of ________________________
____________________________ crime grew
Speakeasies and Bootleggers
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Drinkers went to underground clubs known as _________________________ (so called
because people were expected to talk quietly to avoid detection
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______________________________ were alcohol smugglers who got there name from
the method in which they smuggle the illegal beverage.
Science and Religion Clash
Cause
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American _____________________________- Protestant movement in which science
was denounced and bible was interpreted literally.
Effect
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__________________________- fought over evolution and the role of
______________________ and ______________________ in public schools
o Charles Darwin’s theory of ________________________ was banned from being
taught in Tenn schools