Chapter 11 – Sect. 5 Cultural Conflicts.

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Chapter 11 – Sect. 5 Cultural Conflicts

Prohibition Banning of all alcoholic beverages 18th amendment - 1920

Volstead Act Law that enforced prohibition Rural areas obeyed – cities did not

Bootlegger Someone who illegally supplied alcohol

How’d they get their whiskey? Import from Canada Operate own stills

Organized Crime Large underground organizations which distributed alcohol and other illegal activities like gambling and prostitution On outside fronted as a legitimate business

Speakeasies Illegal bars in the cities Had to know password or show card to get in

City Streets = Battlegrounds Rival gangsters competed with machine guns

Racketeering Forced local businesses to pay a fee for “protection” If you refused you would be gunned down or business blown up

Al Capone – a.k.a. “Scarface” Ruthless leader of Chicago’s organized crime network Made millions bootlegging “ran” the city by bribing or threatening police and judges

St. Valentine’s Day Massacre Capone’s thugs disguised as cops pretended to arrest and then gunned down rival gang Changed public perception – no longer Robin Hoods, but cold-blooded killers

How did they stop them? Created the FBI J. Edgar Hoover was director Elliott Ness assigned to bring down Capone Finally convicted for tax evasion