- 1. When did Prohibition of alcohol begin in the United States?
A) 1890
B) 1920
C) 1910
D) 1935
- 2. Which amendment to the US Constitution established Prohibition?
A) 15th
B) 21st
C) 12th
D) 18th
- 3. Which president signed the Volstead Act enforcing Prohibition in the US?
A) Woodrow Wilson
B) Franklin D. Roosevelt
C) Theodore Roosevelt
D) Herbert Hoover
- 4. Which country had a similar Prohibition era known as the 'Temperance Movement'?
A) Mexico
B) Japan
C) Canada
D) France
- 5. What amendment to the US Constitution repealed the 18th Amendment, ending Prohibition?
A) 20th
B) 21st
C) 23rd
D) 22nd
- 6. In what year was the 21st Amendment ratified, repealing Prohibition?
A) 1925
B) 1945
C) 1950
D) 1933
- 7. Whose defeat in a 1932 election was partly attributed to his support of Prohibition?
A) JFK
B) Herbert Hoover
C) Woodrow Wilson
D) FDR
- 8. Members of what religious group were at the forefront of the Prohibition movement in the US?
A) Catholics
B) Protestants
C) Jews
D) Muslims
- 9. What illegal activity did many farmers engage in during Prohibition to make a profit?
A) Drug trafficking
B) Moonshining
C) Counterfeiting
D) Gambling
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