Years after this amendment was passed, it was reported that the US Treasury Department “denatured” some products in the 1920s by adding poisonous chemicals, killing over 10,000 people. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this constitutional amendment that bootleggers violated by “renaturing” government-poisoned alcohol at saloons.
ANSWER: 18th Amendment
[10m] New York City’s chief medical examiner, who had this surname, noted that the government “knows it is not stopping drinking” by poisoning alcohol. A senator with this surname drafted workers’ rights legislation with Fiorello LaGuardia.
ANSWER: Norris [accept George Norris or Charles Norris]
[10h] A senator from this state named James Reed claimed that only those with “instincts of a wild beast” would kill Americans for drinking alcohol. The Joe-Shannon-led “rabbits” clashed with the “goats” in a city in this state.
ANSWER: Missouri
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