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 What amendment to the US Constitution repealed the 18th Amendment, ending Prohibition?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