Quiz  /  Crime and Criminals

  • 1. 
    True or False: Crime rose dramatically during the Great Depression.

  • TRUE
  • FALSE

  • 2. 
    What form of entertainment was not allowed to make criminals look like heroes?

  • Movies
  • Books
  • Comics
  • Television

  • 3. 
    Al Capone was an organized crime boss in what city?

  • Chicago
  • Los Angeles
  • Miami
  • New York

  • 4. 
    What was John Dillinger famous for robbing?

  • Poor people
  • Banks
  • Produce markets
  • Homes

  • 5. 
    True or False: Many people blamed banks for the Great Depression.

  • FALSE
  • TRUE

  • 6. 
    What year did prohibition come to an end?

  • 1933
  • 1920
  • 1929
  • 1945

  • 7. 
    What group marched to Washington D.C. as part of the Bonus Army?

  • Veterans
  • Mill workers
  • Unions
  • Bankers

  • 8. 
    What famous outlaw started one of the first soup kitchens in Chicago?

  • John Dillinger
  • Pretty Boy Floyd
  • Al Capone
  • Bonnie Parker

  • 9. 
    What were the girlfriends of famous outlaws called?

  • Gun molls
  • Speakeasies
  • Matchstick girls
  • Bootleggers

  • 10. 
    True or False: Many criminal organizations formed to make money off of alchohol during prohibition.

  • FALSE
  • TRUE
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