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PROHIBITION (Lack of public support (Association against the Prohibition…
PROHIBITION
Organised crime
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Gangsters
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Rival gangs fought to provide the speakeasies with their alcohol, hijacked each others products and even murdered their opponents
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Organised crime found its way into the government, businesses and trade unions
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Lack of public support
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Great Depression
If alcohol was legal, it would create jobs and prosperity
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Profits
Speakeasy
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1925 --> 15,000 in Detroit
1929 --> 32,000 in New York
282,122 speakeasies seized by the government
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Corruption
Problems of enforcement
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Profits from bootlegging were so great, people were willing to risk imprisonment
Included Prohibition Agents, judges and government officials