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Roaring Twenties

The Prohibition era (1920-1933) intended to curb crime by banning alcohol but led to an explosion of illicit activity. Despite the hopes for improved family structure and health, Prohibition resulted in increased crime rates, with organized crime flourishing as bootleggers smuggled alcohol into the US. Chicago emerged as a hub for illegal bars, led by notorious gangsters like Al Capone and Lucky Luciano. Corruption among officials and the rise of speakeasies highlighted the flaws of the ban, ultimately contributing to its repeal during the Great Depression.

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Roaring Twenties

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  1. Roaring Twenties Prohibition and Crime

  2. Prohibition • Ban on making, distributing, consuming, and transporting alcohol. • Believed it would stop crime • Family structure would improve • Began in 1920

  3. Reasons • Damaged Health • Caused Poverty • Led to Crime • Bars and Saloons gave America a bad image. • Men spent all there money on alcohol, gambling and prostitutes.

  4. Criminal Activities • Prohibition caused crime rate to rise. • Doubled the amount of illegal bars • Large coast line hard to police • Federal Prohibition Bureau • Policed prohibition • Did not scare bootleggers • Stopped 5% of alcohol

  5. Criminal Activities • Biggest reason for rise in crime. • Unemployment Rose (mainly because prohibition) • Small Drink you are a criminal • Police pulled off covering other crimes to cover prohibition

  6. Criminal Activities • Bribes • Government officials excepted payoffs to look the other way • Hiding Alcohol • Hollowed out canes • False Books • Flasks

  7. Bootleggers • Where did America gain most of there illegal alcohol? • Canada • Great Lakes made transporting Alcohol into the US easy. • Chicago became biggest importer

  8. Rise of the Gangster • Lucky Luciano – Father of modern organized crime. • Meyer Lansky – Luciano Accountant opened many speakeasies primarily for gambling.

  9. Rise of Gangsters • Al Capone – Bugs Moran Rival • Considered a Modern Day Robin Hood • Bugs Moran – Al Capone’s Rival. (N. Chi.) • Capone killed 7 of his men in St. Valentine Day Massacre

  10. Gangsters • Leaders • Hard to catch • Never really got hands dirty • Had his workers do the killings and bootlegging

  11. Sale of Alcohol • Speakeasies • Illegal Bar or Saloon • Ran by Gangsters • Could Gamble • Had Prostitutes

  12. Alcohol Safety • Alcohol • Poorly Made • Alcohol Poisoning rose by 400% • Poor Taste • Some believe you could run cars on illegal alcohol • Added fruits and flavoring (called Pansies) • Drinks still exist

  13. Prohibition Comes to An End • Great Depression • Prohibition became even more unpopular • Repealing prohibition create jobs • Ended in 1933

  14. Long Term AffectDo Not Need to Write • Joseph Kennedy • Believed got rich from Bootlegging • NASCAR • Cars were made powerful to escape police • Prohibition ends they decide to race the cars.

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