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PROHIBITION IN THE UNITED STATES
Read these different texts and answer the questions below.
PROHIBITION IN THE UNITED STATES
1) What was the other name for National Prohibition ? The ........................................................
2) Which year did it start ? With which amendment to the Constitution ?
3) Write the 3 things which were forbidden during the Prohibition :
ALCOHOL IN AMERICA
Find the English words for the following words.
l’ivresse
sobre
ivrogne
excès de boisson
Complete the following text (with other words).
Alcohol was used as a .............................. : it replaced ..................................(it made people sleep, or at least they did not feel pain any more) and it was also used to .................. infection. Finally, ....................... were given some before a battle because it made them more courageous !
THE ORIGINS OF PROHIBITION
What are the 2 organizations which greatly helped the cause of Prohibition ?
Religion also played an important role. How did churchmen nickname alcohol ? (Give two reasons)
PROHIBITIONS LAWS
Was alcohol prohibited in certain states before 1920 ? ◊ yes ◊ no
What was a dry state ? What was a wet state ? Use 'whereas' to link the two answers.
What was the major difference between the 18th Amendment (January 1919) and the Volstead Act (October 1919) ?
CORRUPTION
What was a bootlegger ?
Why was the police so easy to bribe (= corrupt) ?
What did politicians accept to do in exchange for large sums of money ?
CRIME
What do these figures correspond to ?
78 %
41 %
81 %
561 %
2/3
What is this man’s name ?
What was his nickname ?
Who was he ?
One day, he ordered the brutal murder of some of his enemies. What is that day called ?
On which charge was he arrested and imprisoned ?
Which famous prison did he go to ?
Apart from crime, what other harmful effects did Prohibition have ?
HOW PEOPLE GOT LIQUOR
What was a speakeasy ?
Was it legal ?
Who owned speakeasies ?
Was it easy to enter ? Why ?
Find the English words for the following words:
- maison close,
- le jeu (jeux d’argent)
- discothèque
How could people get liquor legally ?
REPEAL OF PROHIBITION
Which year did Prohibition end ?
Who was President then ?
Did it mean that all states were obliged to abandon Prohibition ? Give examples.
What is the name given to the 1920s in the U.S. ?
What did they begin with ? (2 answers)
Did they end happily or tragically ? Why ?
What was the most popular music of the prohibition age ?
How did public opinion consider it ?
Give the name of a famous dance of the time.
Where could people go and listen to that music ?
Write the names of 2 very famous artists of the time :
(a musician and a dancer
Find the word meaning : faire la contrebande de
MOVIES
What kind of movies were particularly popular at that time ?
Name 2 of them.
The Hays Code said what movies could and could not show. Sum up the 3 important ideas it contained.
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"The Gangster Film, another rich genre which allowed film makers to dwell on Americans fascination with violence and lawlessness" Martin Scorsese
The Gangster Film from A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995)
Martin Scorsese is a master craftsman in the art of cinema with an encyclopaedic knowledge of Movies. It is a pleasure to hear his views on early American cinema where his love of the silverscreen was awakened and "coloured his dreams".
"The Gangster Film, another rich genre which allowed film makers to dwell on Americans fascination with violence and lawlessness" Martin Scorsese
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Instructions
Instructions
See if you have what it takes to survive the Roaring Twenties!
To find out, select the role of a man or woman by clicking on one of the two portraits over the fireplace.Then use the game board on the table to move from one situation to another.You can visit five different places. In each, you will have to choose the appropriate type of clothing to wear, or determine which is the best way to react.You win or lose points depending on your answers. You can accumulate up to a total of 1,000 points, 500 per character.Each character's progress will be displayed in a dial in the upper right of your screen. You can click on a dial at any time to return to the menu and select another character.To select a new place, you can go back to the game board at any time by clicking on the BACK arrow located at the top of the screen.Beware! If you quit a place before you answer all the questions, you will lose all the points you accumulated there.And, once you answer all the questions related to a place, be aware that its entry will be locked on the game board.
READING COMPREHENSION (source: http://library.thinkquest.org/04oct/00492/index.htm)
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