Prohibition and the 18th Amendment Quiz Pack

Prohibition in the USA, 1920–1933: 20 multiple-choice and 10 short-answer questions, a one-page fact sheet and a full answer key with explanations and model answers. Ready to print.

What’s inside (13-page PDF, A4, UK spelling):

• Teacher notes: ways to use it, learning outcomes, marking guide
• • Fact sheet: timeline 1874–1933, key words and key numbers
• • 20 multiple-choice questions (balanced answer key, one right answer each)
• • 10 short-answer questions, from recall to “how far do you agree?”
• • Answer key: every multiple-choice answer explained, plus marking points and a model answer for every short answer

Topics: the temperance movement and the Anti-Saloon League, the 18th Amendment and the National Prohibition Act, the First World War, speakeasies, bootleggers and Rum Row, enforcement and corruption, the growth of organised crime, the Wickersham Commission, the Depression and the 21st Amendment.

Fits GCSE History: AQA America, 1920–1973 (Part one: the 1920s) and OCR USA 1919–1948; also works as KS3 enrichment. Use it as a lesson, homework, cover work or a pre- and post-unit test. Age-appropriate: crime is described factually, with no graphic detail. Every fact was checked against at least two published sources. Not endorsed by any exam board.