Rumrunners, Moonshiners and Bootleggers
US History
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1. What was a speakeasy?
2. What type of people visited them?
3. What were three things about Club 21 that made it unique?
4. How did ship builders ensure that rumrunners would always be one step ahead of the Coast Guard?
5. What role did Detroit play in bootlegging?
6. How did Canada take advantage of US prohibition?
7. How much more could a bootlegger make trafficking alcohol then working for average pay?
8. How did prohibition heighten crime?
9. Why did Al Capone end up in Chicago and not Detroit?
10. What was the St. Valentines Massacre?
11. How much did the rate of homicide increase during prohibition?
12. What events and issues eventually led to the end of prohibition?