1. Prohibition and Crime

2. Prohibition Ban on making, distributing, consuming, and transporting alcohol. Believed it would stop crime Family structure would improve Began in 1920

3. Reasons Damaged Health Caused Poverty Led to Crime Bars and Saloons gave America a bad image. Men spent all there money on alcohol, gambling and prostitutes.

4. Criminal Activities Prohibition caused crime rate to rise. Doubled the amount of illegal bars Large coast line hard to police Federal Prohibition Bureau Policed prohibition Did not scare bootleggers Stopped 5% of alcohol

5. Criminal Activities Biggest reason for rise in crime. Unemployment Rose (mainly because prohibition) Small Drink you are a criminal Police pulled off covering other crimes to cover prohibition

6. Criminal Activities Bribes Government officials excepted payoffs to look the other way Hiding Alcohol Hollowed out canes False Books Flasks

7. Bootleggers Where did America gain most of there illegal alcohol? Canada Great Lakes made transporting Alcohol into the US easy. Chicago became biggest importer

8. Rise of the Gangster Lucky Luciano – Father of modern organized crime. Meyer Lansky – Luciano Accountant opened many speakeasies primarily for gambling.

9. Rise of Gangsters Al Capone – Bugs Moran Rival Considered a Modern Day Robin Hood Bugs Moran – Al Capone’s Rival. (N. Chi.) Capone killed 7 of his men in St. Valentine Day Massacre

11. Gangsters Leaders Hard to catch Never really got hands dirty Had his workers do the killings and bootlegging

12. Sale of Alcohol Speakeasies Illegal Bar or Saloon Ran by Gangsters Could Gamble Had Prostitutes

13. Alcohol Safety Alcohol Poorly Made Alcohol Poisoning rose by 400% Poor Taste Some believe you could run cars on illegal alcohol Added fruits and flavoring (called Pansies) Drinks still exist

15. Prohibition Comes to An End Great Depression Prohibition became even more unpopular Repealing prohibition create jobs Ended in 1933

16. Long Term Affect Do Not Need to Write Joseph Kennedy Believed got rich from Bootlegging NASCAR Cars were made powerful to escape police Prohibition ends they decide to race the cars.