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 What amendment to the US Constitution repealed the 18th Amendment, ending Prohibition?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