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America
prohibition
1919 congress amended the constitution to ban making, selling and transporting alcohol illegal.
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groups that contributed the the passing:
- the women's christian temperance
- Anti-saloon League
beliefs:
- alcohol made people more violent and promiscuous
- alcohol used up money which led to poverty
- disrupted industry because workers were less effective
they had the support of churches and were strong in rural areas which put pressure on politicians to agree as opposed to disagreeing which meant they agreed with crime and promiscuity
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organised crime
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there was a large profit to be made with alcohol so gangsters would often attract rivals which led to gang crime
the valentines day massacre was when al capone and bogs from a rival gang fought for territory and killed 7 people
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AL Capone was a famous gangster who mixed with officials and gained $100 mill a year during the1920s.
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