Prohibition

Question 1

Clarence Darrow, defended Scopes in his trial by making the argument that

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evolution was scientific fact.

Question 2

John Scopes, the defendant in the 1925 Scopes trial, was

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a teacher.

Question 3

Why did taxes cause leaders to be reluctant about prohibition?

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Income taxes were not created yet and the government depended on the liquor tax for funding.

Question 4

As an African American prohibitionist, Frederick Douglass was in favor of the 18th Amendment because he

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witnessed enslavers trying to control enslaved people with alcohol.

Question 5

An immediate effect of the Scopes trial on American society was that

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people learned the scientific evidence for the theory of evolution.

Question 6

Some proponents of Prohibition supported the policy on religious grounds because they

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viewed excessive drinking as immoral behavior.

Question 7

How did Prohibition affect corruption in the early 1900s?

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Prohibition increased corruption because people ignored the law.

Question 8

Why did Congress pass the Volstead Act to go along with the Eighteenth Amendment?

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The Volstead Act provided for the enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment.

Question 9

Which statement best describes the beliefs of those who were against Prohibition in the early 1900s?

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They thought Prohibition would take away people’s rights.

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