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Al Capone finally caught and imprisoned would leave behind a void of leadership in the Chicago Mafia. This is something the government should have expected as America has experience in destabilizing foreign governments. They should have known if no one’s in charge there is anarchy. This is evident as once Capone was captured there was a race for control over the Chicago Mafia.

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From the get go the Government should have been making the rise of criminal activity in new criminal markets a priority. There were clear signs that a new criminal market was rising and it should have been snuffed out early before it got out of hand. This was an absolute failure on the part of the U.S. government.

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The police had no chance against the Mafias. They were just simply useless, it was like a match against gun and sword. The Mafias had way better gun than police’s tiny pistol. This is also the factor in rise of crime because the criminals can easily beat down police.

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A place to drink alcohol in secrecy, the speak easies would be made in response to the enforcement of the Volstead act. These places were filled with not only criminals and future workers of the mafia but also common people. This mixing of good people with corrupt criminals would threaten the safety of everyday citizens.

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Response to Prohibition

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The 18th amendment would do more harm than good as it would create the criminal markets that would give rise to the mafia. The 18th amendment was a mistake.

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Saint Valentines Day Massacre put Capone in jail

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Saint Valentines Day Massacre put Capone in jail

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A planned assassionation of Al Capones rival “Bugs” Moran would put a target on Capones back as he would be titled public enemy number one. This business move by Capone would essentially put himself in prison as now he had the entire focus of the federal government.

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John Edgar Hoover takes over the FBI and his first action is to fire about two hundred workers. This action was counter productive to what was needed from the government which was a fighting force against against organized crime.

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The Temperance Movement started in Protestant Churches to promote moderation in the consumption of alcohol, later becoming the complete abstinence of alcohol altogether.

Eventually, the movement reached national attention.

https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/prohibition/roots-of-prohibition

https://www.britannica.com/topic/temperance-movement

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The 18th Amendment was a response to the Temperance movement and introduced after the Volstead Act. However, many people were intolerant of this addition.

https://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties/prohibition#origins-of-prohibition

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Rise of crime and gangs began in the 1920s because of the new black market rising and nobody running it. The government should have been making more attention to this growing industry and should have expected something like this to happen.

https://www.fbi.gov/history/brief-history/the-fbi-and-the-american-gangster