https://padlet.com/troyer7491/6zo0lzqir06v1ovf en-us 2023-02-15 15:16:46 UTC 2025-10-14 19:38:33 UTC hello@padlet.com troyer7491 https://padlet.com/troyer7491/6zo0lzqir06v1ovf/wish/2483653791 The 18th amendment was a ratification to the constitution to ban the manufacturing, transportation and consumption of alcohol. The volstead act was a law put in place to make sure the 18th amendment was followed. The amendment led to people breaking the rules.]]> 2023-02-15 15:34:37 UTC https://padlet.com/troyer7491/6zo0lzqir06v1ovf/wish/2483653791 troyer7491 https://padlet.com/troyer7491/6zo0lzqir06v1ovf/wish/2483673608 Temperance movements were social uprisings against the use of alcohol. People who supported the temperance movement want to stop the use of alcohol because they felt like alcohol would ruin America and would ruin families. The temperance society would use propaganda to convey their message that alcohol is the enemy. All the movements led to the prohibition.]]> 2023-02-15 15:46:51 UTC https://padlet.com/troyer7491/6zo0lzqir06v1ovf/wish/2483673608 troyer7491 https://padlet.com/troyer7491/6zo0lzqir06v1ovf/wish/2483701607 The prohibition of alcohol left people very biased towards where they stand during the prohibition. Groups like the Anti-Saloon League and progressive reformers were for the prohibition because they felt that alcohol was hurting the working class and that the government should do something to help America. Other groups for the prohibition were industrialist and union organizers. They, however, wanted the ban of alcohol because they felt that workers were hurting their businesses by showing up to work drunk and not being productive. On the other hand, groups like Brewers’ and Distillers’ we’re against the prohibition because it directly impacted their companies and they felt that that it was a personal choice to drink. Elliot Ness was a relevant contributor to the prohibition of alcohol because he tried to take Al Capone and tried this best to stop all other mobsters by prohibiting alcohol.]]> 2023-02-15 16:05:22 UTC https://padlet.com/troyer7491/6zo0lzqir06v1ovf/wish/2483701607 troyer7491 https://padlet.com/troyer7491/6zo0lzqir06v1ovf/wish/2483710083 When the prohibition of alcohol came to life people still wanted to drink, manufacturing and transport alcohol for their own purposes. Weather it was for money or pleasure. The term bootleggers refers mob bosses would illegally distributed guns and alcohol to continue to make money. It became a large business because people were going break the law no matter what. People would have these drinks in speakeasy’s. Speakeasy’s were secret bars that sold alcohol. Rum runners were was a term used to describe the secret smuggling of importing liquor across seas and long distances. All of these schemes took place because people wanted to use alcohol no matter what. Lucky Luciano was the biggest bootlegger of the time who brought in massive amount of revenue even surpassing the income of U.S steel.]]> 2023-02-15 16:11:11 UTC https://padlet.com/troyer7491/6zo0lzqir06v1ovf/wish/2483710083 troyer7491 https://padlet.com/troyer7491/6zo0lzqir06v1ovf/wish/2483722268 The FBI was created to go against the rise of organized crime but they were so under prepared that they were not effective.the FBI couldn’t function because they didn’t have the trading, knowledge or resources. The bootlegging got so out of hand because a lot of people who worked in the FBI were corrupt.]]> 2023-02-15 16:19:15 UTC https://padlet.com/troyer7491/6zo0lzqir06v1ovf/wish/2483722268 troyer7491 https://padlet.com/troyer7491/6zo0lzqir06v1ovf/wish/2483728313 Al Capone was a mobster who directed people to illegally sell alcohol and fire arms. Al Capone was enemy’s with Bugsys Moran who was another mobster who tried to get Al Capone killed. That led to the st.valentine massacre. Organized criminals were the reason the FBI started.]]> 2023-02-15 16:23:03 UTC https://padlet.com/troyer7491/6zo0lzqir06v1ovf/wish/2483728313 troyer7491 https://padlet.com/troyer7491/6zo0lzqir06v1ovf/wish/2483744531 Al Capone and Bugsy had always been ememys as criminals from different gangs The St.Valentines massacre was the killing of seven men in Bugsy Morans mob by Al Capone. The purpose of the killing was for Al Capone to take control over organized crime. Al Capone never ended up killing Bugsy.]]> 2023-02-15 16:33:38 UTC https://padlet.com/troyer7491/6zo0lzqir06v1ovf/wish/2483744531