Prohibition Years Prove to Be Lawless for LewistownIt seems like nearly everyone in Lewistown (during prohibition days) was making moonshine, buying it, or having Canadian beer and whiskey imported," George Mueller said. "This practice gave rise to the name 'Bootlegger Trail' between Great Falls and Canada...There was more drinking of liquor by both young and old than before the passage of the 18th (prohibition) Amendment, which seemed to be true all over the nation. There were numerous Lewistown residents, some prominent, operating stills in secret rooms and basements," Mueller said.Next to farming, there was no single operation that had so many entrepreneurs. Ingenious and unique places in homes were used to hide the illicit liquor such as trap doors, secret panels, chimneys, stairways and other places.Mueller, George. "Prohibition Years Prove to Be Lawless for Lewistown." Montana Memory Project. https://www.mtmemory.org/nodes/view/3940?keywords=Which of the following was a major consequence of the activity shown in the excerpt above?

Detroit was the first major US city to implement a ban on the sale of alcohol in public establishments. This early implementation, a year before Prohibition became national law, gave gangsters and bootleggers in Detroit a head start in establishing networks for smuggling alcohol from Windsor, Canada, to Detroit. The consequence of this early ban was that Detroit became a hub for illegal alcohol trade, leading to increased criminal activity and violence.

According to the following sources, what are three reasons why Prohibition ended in 1933? 'Choose THREE correct answers. "I am credibly informed that...the...effects of bootlegbeverages as compared with medicinal liquors at ten to one; that is, it requires only a tenth as muchbootleg liquor as of pre-Prohibition liquor to produce a given degree of drunkenness. The reason...is that bootleg liquor is so concentrated and...contains other and more deadly poisons than mere ethyl alcohol." (Professor Irving Fisher)Group of answer choicesThe U.S. government needed more tax money during the Great DepressionPeople were getting sick from bootleg alcoholThe U.S. government needed tax money to fight World War 2The prisons were becomong too overcrowded in the U.S.More women voted in state elections to overturn the 18th AmendmentThe rate of violent crimes increased in cities PreviousNext

How did prohibition allow organized crime to expand?

Of the following, which did Prohibition NOT do?reduce the price of alcoholic beveragesreduce health problemsreduce domestic violencereduce crime

Which statement is true regarding Prohibition?Group of answer choicesIt began with the 13th Amendment and lasted almost 10 years.It began with the 21st Amendment and lasted almost 22 years.It began with the 18th Amendment and lasted almost 14 years.It began with the 16th Amendment and lasted almost 8 years. PreviousNext