OCR GCSE History A J410
Castles: Form and Function c.1000–1750Historic environment
China 1950–1981: The People and the StateDepth study
Germany 1925–1955: The People and the StateDepth study
International Relations: The Changing International Order 1918–1975
Migration to Britain c.1000 to c.2010Thematic study
Personal Rule to Restoration 1629–1660British depth
Power: Monarchy and Democracy in Britain c.1000 to 2014Thematic study
South Africa 1960–1994: The People and the StateDepth study
The English Reformation c.1520–c.1550British depth
The Impact of Empire on Britain 1688–c.1730British depth
The USA 1919–1948: The People and the StateDepth study
The USA 1945–1974: The People and the StateDepth study
Urban Environments: Patterns of MigrationHistoric environment
War and British Society c.790 to c.2010Thematic study
The USA 1919–1948: The People and the State
Prohibition, the Red Scare and immigration restrictions
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Overview
The temperance campaigners, the Eighteenth Amendment, speakeasies and bootleggers, why prohibition was abandoned in 1933, the Red Scare, the Palmer Raids, Sacco and Vanzetti, and the immigration quotas of 1921 and 1924.
What you need to know
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Which amendment banned the making, selling and transporting of alcohol, and when did it take effect?
Questions from this subtopic
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Which groups campaigned hardest to have alcohol banned, and why?
Model answer
The Anti-Saloon League and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, who blamed drink for poverty, violence in the home and crime.
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Which amendment banned the making, selling and transporting of alcohol, and when did it take effect?
Model answer
The Eighteenth Amendment, which came into force in January 1920 and was enforced by the Volstead Act.
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How did Americans get alcohol once it was banned?
Model answer
From illegal bars called speakeasies, from bootleggers who smuggled it in, and from homemade moonshine.
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Why was the ban on alcohol abandoned in 1933?
Model answer
It was widely broken, it made gangsters such as Al Capone rich and corrupted police and officials, and repeal promised jobs and tax revenue in the Depression.
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What was the Red Scare?
Model answer
A wave of fear after the Russian Revolution that communists and anarchists were plotting revolution in America, fed by strikes and letter bombs in 1919.
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What happened in the Palmer Raids?
Model answer
Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer's agents raided homes and offices in 1919 and 1920, arresting thousands of suspected radicals, often without warrants, and deporting hundreds.
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