Starter quiz
- Write the missing word. If something is ______, it is brought into a country illegally
- 'smuggled' ✓
- What type of career did Al Capone have?
- baseball player
- gangster ✓
- movie star
- politician
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- How many Americans went to the cinema weekly by 1930?
- 50 000
- 100 000 ✓
- 200 000
- 400 000
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- What was the star system?
- method for broadcasting sports
- method for promoting films ✓
- method for smuggling alcohol
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- What became more common as a direct result of Prohibition?
- baseball
- speakeasies ✓
- talkies
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- What does the increase in speakeasies suggest about Prohibition?
- Prohibition had little impact on ordinary Americans
- Prohibition led to a rise in violent crime
- Prohibition was not respected by many Americans ✓
- Prohibition was not successful ✓
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