Prohibition and Organized Crime by Phoebe Kim https://padlet.com/kim1250/qr7eu6pra0tw95vi en-us 2023-02-14 17:36:02 UTC 2025-11-13 21:54:30 UTC hello@padlet.com Prohibition/ 18th Amendment kim1250 https://padlet.com/kim1250/qr7eu6pra0tw95vi/wish/2483634770
  • Prohibition is ratified by the states in 1919 through the 18th Amendment
  • Prohibited the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes
    • ]]>     2023-02-15 15:22:14 UTC https://padlet.com/kim1250/qr7eu6pra0tw95vi/wish/2483634770     Bootlegging and Speakeasies kim1250 https://padlet.com/kim1250/qr7eu6pra0tw95vi/wish/2483635403 After the 18th amendment was ratified, people took to selling and obtaining alcohol through bootlegging (illegal production and sale of liquor) and speakeasies (illegal drinking spots)]]> 2023-02-15 15:22:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kim1250/qr7eu6pra0tw95vi/wish/2483635403 Temperance Movement kim1250 https://padlet.com/kim1250/qr7eu6pra0tw95vi/wish/2483638029
  • A movement dedicated to promoting moderation or complete abstinence of liquor
  • Was a catalyst to prohibition 
  • Mostly led by women with abusive husbands
  • Temperance groups gained lots of power and had a huge hand in the passing of the 18th Amendment

    • ]]>     2023-02-15 15:24:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kim1250/qr7eu6pra0tw95vi/wish/2483638029     Advocates For and Against kim1250 https://padlet.com/kim1250/qr7eu6pra0tw95vi/wish/2483639065 Advocates for prohibition were the Anti-saloon league, temperance organizations, and most prominently the Woman’s Christian Temperance union. All of which wanted national prohibition through a constitutional amendment. Many factory owners supported as well to prevent accidents, increase efficiency, and extend working hours

    Advocates against include Al Capone who earned $60 million annually from bootleg operations and speakeasies) along with other mobsters

    ]]>     2023-02-15 15:25:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kim1250/qr7eu6pra0tw95vi/wish/2483639065     Organized Crime khan14961 https://padlet.com/kim1250/qr7eu6pra0tw95vi/wish/2483639943 - Mobsters made millions by protecting illegal breweries and rum running operations 
    - Hired lawyers to launder the money
    - Sourced/distributed alcohol interstate and internationally
    - Learned shipping logistics and made real estate investments with other gangs
    - Forged mutual protection pacts across state borders]]>     2023-02-15 15:25:42 UTC https://padlet.com/kim1250/qr7eu6pra0tw95vi/wish/2483639943     Volstead Act kim1250 https://padlet.com/kim1250/qr7eu6pra0tw95vi/wish/2483640520
  • Provided guidelines for the federal enforcement of Prohibition 
  • This act basically fails to do its job but instead allows for organized crime to skyrocket and thrive in America
    • ]]>     2023-02-15 15:26:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kim1250/qr7eu6pra0tw95vi/wish/2483640520     Mobsters khan14961 https://padlet.com/kim1250/qr7eu6pra0tw95vi/wish/2483640776 - Charles “Lucky” Luciano (brought the biggest Italian and Jewish mobsters to dominate New York’s bootlegging business)
    - Johnny Torrio (kept peace between the Italian and Irish and Polish in the North and South parts of Chicago) 
    - Al “Scarface” Capone (protege to Johnny Torrio, eliminated rivals to further take control of prostitution, gambling, and illegal trade of bootlegging)
    - George “Bugs” Moran (Irish gangster, longtime enemy of Capone)]]>     2023-02-15 15:26:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kim1250/qr7eu6pra0tw95vi/wish/2483640776     St. Valentine’s Day Massacre (February 14, 1929) khan14961 https://padlet.com/kim1250/qr7eu6pra0tw95vi/wish/2483641594
  • Bug’s ran his bootlegging operation out of a garage 
  • Gunmen, dressed as police officers, lined 7 of the men on the wall and gunned them down 
  • One of the men, Frank Gusenburg, was barely alive when he was pressed to reveal what happened but he stayed silent
  • Remains as one of the biggest unsolved crime in history
    • ]]>     2023-02-15 15:26:50 UTC https://padlet.com/kim1250/qr7eu6pra0tw95vi/wish/2483641594     FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) khan14961 https://padlet.com/kim1250/qr7eu6pra0tw95vi/wish/2483644244 - Had little jurisdiction during when gang activity was rising in Chicago
    - After Capone did not show up to court after being subpoenaed by a grand jury, Feds started investigating Capone and was arrested after he appeared and testified
    - FBI’s profile rose as they pursuit more well known gangsters, bank robbers, etc.]]>     2023-02-15 15:28:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kim1250/qr7eu6pra0tw95vi/wish/2483644244