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What were the conclusions of the Wickersham Commission of 1931?

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Reported crime up...
Policing costs up...
Alcohol-related crimes up...
Federal prison population up...
Murder rate increased...

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11.4% 1920-1930
...From 5.6% per 10,000 to 10% per 10,000 from 1920-1930
...1000%
...24% 1920-21
...102%

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Although a number of public officials claimed to be teetoal, a number were actually wet. These included who would frequent a , and , the prohibition enforcement agent who busted and ran off with his wife and a $200,000 shipment.

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President Harding (1921-1923)

Little Green House on K Street

George Remus

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In the late nineteenth century, who were the main opium users?

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When was the Smoking Opium Exclusion Act made to persecute the smoking of opium, the habit of Chinese groups?

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When was the Marijuana Tax act, deliberately put in place after a large number of young Mexican males began to use the drug?

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Why was there a 'cocaine frenzy' in the United States in the 1920s?

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Who wrote the book 'The Chemist's War', focusing on the denaturaing of alcohol during prohibition?

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When was the Harrison Narcotics Act which regulated and taxed the importation, trade and production of opium and cocaine?

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What was the name given to the presumed Chinese use and dealing of Opium by the Chinese?

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Who was Dr Hamilton Wright?

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What was the story of George Remus?

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Sold medicinal whiskey worth over...
Sentenced in...
Finally went to prison...
Busted by prohibition agent...

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...Franklin Dodge
...$20million
...1922
...1924

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How much did Capone supposedly make in 1927 from his ostentatious bootlegging practises?

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Who set up the Federal Bureau of Narcotics in the 1930s and started a moral panic about marijuana use?

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Which historian wrote 'Dark Paradise', arguing that the changed drug user created the new narcotics policy?

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Prohibitions

Question 1 of 1

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What were the conclusions of the Wickersham Commission of 1931?

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Reported crime up...

Policing costs up...

Alcohol-related crimes up...

Federal prison population up...

Murder rate increased...

11.4% 1920-1930

...From 5.6% per 10,000 to 10% per 10,000 from 1920-1930

...1000%

...24% 1920-21

...102%

Although a number of public officials claimed to be teetoal, a number were actually wet. These included who would frequent a , and , the prohibition enforcement agent who busted and ran off with his wife and a $200,000 shipment.

Fill in the blanks

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In the late nineteenth century, who were the main opium users?

Select the correct answer(s).

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When was the Smoking Opium Exclusion Act made to persecute the smoking of opium, the habit of Chinese groups?

Select the correct answer(s).

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When was the Marijuana Tax act, deliberately put in place after a large number of young Mexican males began to use the drug?

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Why was there a 'cocaine frenzy' in the United States in the 1920s?

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Who wrote the book 'The Chemist's War', focusing on the denaturaing of alcohol during prohibition?

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When was the Harrison Narcotics Act which regulated and taxed the importation, trade and production of opium and cocaine?

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What was the name given to the presumed Chinese use and dealing of Opium by the Chinese?

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Who was Dr Hamilton Wright?

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What was the story of George Remus?

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Sold medicinal whiskey worth over...

Sentenced in...

Finally went to prison...

Busted by prohibition agent...

...Franklin Dodge

...$20million

...1922

...1924

How much did Capone supposedly make in 1927 from his ostentatious bootlegging practises?

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Who set up the Federal Bureau of Narcotics in the 1930s and started a moral panic about marijuana use?

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Which historian wrote 'Dark Paradise', arguing that the changed drug user created the new narcotics policy?

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Which of these newspapers led the charge against cocaine during the moral panic of the 1920s?

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