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why did prohibition failed? (illegal liquor (most alcohol was made at home…
why did prohibition failed?
bootlegers and smugglers
illegal liquor supplies into the cities
it became a big wealthy business
and many powerful businesses
and businessmen got involved
Joseph Kendedy (the father future president )
made a great deal of Kennedy fortune
in the illegal liquor trade
rum was smuggled from the West Indies, whiskey crossed the river to Detroit from Canada.
they where organized into gangs and transport the goods
they became rich and powerful
illegal liquor
most alcohol was made at home
"bathtub" gin could be made drinkable by adding other ingredients to it
moonshine
alcohol was needed for industrial processes and although the government deliberately added poison to industrial alcohol much went missing as it was sold resold for drinking
alcoholic poisoning went up from 98 in 1920 to 760 in 1926
it was deadly and caused serious poisoning and blindness
stopping the trade
people were willing to risk improsonment
people didn't collaborate with the prohibition and so they lacked public supoort
this showed how big this business was
1500-2300 agents were hired to stop the trade
200, 000 square miles each
badly paid
they were bribed, beaten up or murdered
this made the police less trustworthy and corrupted
an example of this is when "Two-gun" Hart was arrested for doing his work "too well" and arresting numerous people that broke the prohibition law. This was because he was obstructing business interests of powerful people
organized crime and corruption
criminal gangs activity and power increased
huge profits in booze
Constant fights between rival gangs to supply the speakeasies with illegal alcohol
between 1926-1927, 130 gangland murders in Chicago
Thompson sub-machine guns and cars helped gangers to run their trade
Mayor level of corruption in American society
Amount of bribes extremely high
Not only did the prohibition agent took part but also
policeman
judges
local and state government officials
extended to federal government
Even presidents involved
Different "rackets" started to appear
Protection
Prostitution
Police did not interfere as they were being bribed