|
Term |
Definition |
|
18th amendment |
Amendment to the US Constitution that started
National Prohibition |
|
21st amendment |
Amendment
to the US Constitution that ended National
Prohibition |
|
Bathtub Gin |
A Form of homemade liquor mixed in a bathtub |
|
Blind tigers |
The illegal saloons, speakeasies during prohibition
|
|
Bootleg liquor |
Illegally alcoholic beverages |
|
Bootlegger
|
A person who illegally made or imported alcohol |
|
Cirrhosis |
A disease in the
liver, sometimes contracted by alcoholics |
|
Denatured Alcohol |
Alcohol that had poison
added to keep anyone from drinking it. |
|
Drys |
The supporters of the Prohibition Amendment |
|
Drunkard |
one that drinks alcohol and often is not sober |
|
Dry Agents |
The agents who worked for the Prohibition Bureau in
order to enforce Prohibition. The majority of
these officials were corrupt. |
|
G-men (government men) |
FBI special agents |
|
Harrison Narcotics Act |
A bill passed in 1914
making narcotics prescribed by a doctor legal.
However doctors were not allowed to prescribe
narcotics to addicts. |
|
Hays Code |
Also known as the “Motion Picture Production Code”.
This was a code created by Will Hays. It was the
standard for what movies would and would not show. |
|
Jake-Foot |
An illness that paralyzed at least one limb in the
body. The disease was spread by “Jamaican
Ginger”, a popular type of homemade alcohol |
|
Labor Riots |
Riots during the 1920s when workers refused to work |
|
Moonshine |
Illegal alcohol, usually in context with homemade
alcohol |
|
Motion Picture Production Code |
Also known as the “Hays Code” named after Will Hays.
This was the standard for what movies would and
would not show. |
|
MPPDA |
Motion Pictures Producers and Distributors of
America. All producers agreed to not distribute film
without the MPPDA approval rating which was
influenced by the “Hays Code” |
|
Noble Experiment |
Another name for
Prohibition |
|
Opium |
A drug that was often inhaled caused also from
alcoholics drinking |
|
Penal System |
The court system |
|
Prohibition |
The ban of any substance |
|
Pumpkin Wine |
Wine that was
fermented inside a pumpkin rather than a jug or
barrel. This was extremely popular in the
Midwest. |
|
Rum runner |
Someone who smuggles alcohol: bootlegger |
|
Saloon |
A bar type
organization, operated before prohibition |
|
Speakeasy |
The illegal saloons during prohibition |
|
Temperance |
Self restraint or
abstinence in the use of alcoholic beverages |
|
The Noble Experiment |
Another name for
National Prohibition. |
|
Volstead
Act |
The act implementing the 18th amendment.
It made the 18th amendment enforceable |
|
WCTU |
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union: a group against
saloons and alcohol |
|
Wets |
The opponents of Prohibition |
|
Wood Alcohol |
A dangerous form of
alcohol made during prohibition |
|
Yak-Yak Bourbon |
A type of homemade
liquor that became extremely popular in
Philadelphia. This was one of the types of
alcohol that was fermented in old whisky barrels. |
