Review on Prohibition
Baseball (Game)
Objective:
To score more runs than the opposing team.
How to play:
This game is played like regular baseball, except that the batter is the student, the ball is the question, the hit or home run is the correct answer, the out is the incorrect answer, and the pitcher is the teacher.
Divide the class into two teams of similar ability. Seat one team on one side of the room, the other team on the other side. Draw the following diagram on the chalkboard:
(figure available in print form)
The visiting team (boys) goes to bat first. The first student on that team asks the pitcher (teacher) for a single, double, triple, or home run question. The better the hit requested the harder will be the question.
Let’s suppose a single hit question is requested. If the student answers it correctly, draw an X on first base and the next batter (student) steps up to the plate. An incorrect answer equals one out. After three outs, the other team goes to bat.
To score a run a team must answer four single questions or any other appropriate combination, before recording three outs in one inning. Runs may be scored in one inning until the three outs have been recorded. Play a nine-inning game, or play until the period ends. Record the score inning by inning on the chalkboard. The team with the most runs is the winner.
The following are sample questions that may be used:
For a Single
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What year did Prohibition take effect?
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2.
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What year was Prohibition repealed?
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3.
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What amendment put Prohibition into effect?
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4.
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Which amendment repealed Prohibition?
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5.
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Explain the term “bootlegger.”
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6.
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What was a speakeasy?
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7.
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What was a wet?
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8.
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What was a dry?
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9.
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What was a Prohibition agent?
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10.
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Explain the term “repeal.”
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For a Double:
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Name the first state to pass a prohibition law.
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2. What war halted drastically the prohibition movement?
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3. What was the WCTU?
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4. What was the most effective of all the prohibition organizations?
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5. Who were Izzy Einstein and Moe Smith?
6.
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Why were Izzy Einstein and Moe Smith so popular with the public despite the fact they were Prohibition agents?
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7.
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Explain the term “prohibition.”
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8.
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Why were prohibitionists more successful in the country than in the city?
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For a Triple:
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Why was prohibition first tried in America?
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2.
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Explain the three types of punishments given to drunks during colonial times.
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3.
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Why were laborers, servants, and slaves more severely punished for drunkenness during colonial times?
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4.
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Explain the wording of the Eighteenth Amendment.
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5.
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What was the first state to write prohibition into the constitution?
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6.
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Why did colonial authorities encourage the making and selling of beer, wine, and liquor?
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7.
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Who was James Oglethorpe and why did he wish to enforce prohibition?
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8.
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How could the brewers have reformed the saloon?
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9.
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How did the brewers attempt to fight the drys?
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10.
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What was the Webb-Kenyon Bill?
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For a Home Run:
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Explain how World War I changed the atmosphere of public opinion toward Prohibition.
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2.
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What were the arguments of the wets concerning the passage of Prohibition?
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3.
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How did the drys answer the arguments of the wets?
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4.
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What were the reasons for the repeal of Prohibition?
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