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- Prohibition generated disrespect for the law
- A criminal enterprise that rationally works to profit from activities that are often in demand

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- Religious groups thought alcohol was a sin
- Reformers believed gov should protect the public’s health
- Reformers believed alcohol led to crime & wife and child abuse
- Native born Americans developed hostility to German American brewers toward other immigrant groups that used alcohol

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- Consumption of alcohol declined
- Disrespect for the new law developed
- Increase in smuggling and bootlegging
- New source of income for criminals
- Organized crime grew

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- Woman’s Christian temperance Union
- Industrialists and Union organizers
- Brewers and Distillers

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- Civil Libertarians
- Progressive reformers
- Anti Saloon League

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- Hidden saloons and nightclubs for drinkers to obtain liquor illegally (found everywhere)
-  When inside one spoke quietly to avoid detection
- To be admitted you had to present a card or use a password
- Alcohol was still allowed for medicinal and religious purposes

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- Smugglers carrying liquor in their boots
- Smuggled alcohol from Canada, Cuba and West Indies
- They learned how to make their own alcohol (Moonshine)

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Al Capone: a gangster bootlegging empire whose netted over $60 million a year

- Capone took control of the Chicago liquor businesses by killing off his competition
- His parents were poor immigrants
- He was responsible for many brutal acts of violence against other gangsters

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- Worked with Al Capone to turn the city streets into a war zone with gang clashes
- More than 12,000 murders were taking place each year
- Seven members of his gang were gunned down and killed in a warehouse in the St. Valentine’s Day massacre

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18th Amendment: Americans concerned about the effects of drinking (prohibition act)

Volstead Act: provided for the enforcement of prohibition, including the creation of a special unit of the treasury department

https://youtu.be/y4BDnlUQ3CA

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On February 14, 1929 four men dressed as police officers and went to Bugy’s warehouse. Bugsy’s men were lined up against a wall and were all shot to death.

https://youtu.be/lvtho_aORkc

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FBI: dealt with the bootleggers, gambling, robberies etc.
- Police lacked using modern tools and training
- J Edgar Hoover joined the department of Justice in 1917
- He was determined to reform the Bureau to make it a model of professionalism
- He made a strict code of conduct for agents, regular inspections, background checks, interviews, physical tests for all agent applicants, fingerprints
- The president decided confirmed that the law enforcement needed to modernize