7th period prohibition

TIME SPECIAL EDITION PROHIBITION

Helping or Hurting America?

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1. Negative Effects of Prohibition 2.Why Prohibition Failed 3.Prohibition Problems 4.Reasons to Repeal Prohibition 5. Cartoon Opposing Prohibition

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6.Organized Crime in America

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7.Gangs Over Alcohol

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Negative Effects of Prohibition

By Demetrick Byars, Will Hoeft, Evan Swartzendruber, Chase Hutchison Prohibition has harmed America. One reason supporting this is because illegal behavior rose due to Prohibition. Officers had troubles enforcing Prohibition. They had troubles because most officers were corrupt.

Gang activity increase dramatically due to Prohibition.

Organized crime activity sparked as a result of Prohibition. Gangsters started an illegal act called bootlegging, the selling of illegal alcohol. The buyers of this alcohol drank at speakeasies, secret clubs.

Prohibition was also failing due to a large quantity of corrupt officers. Agents were corrupt because they earned just over $2,000 per year.

Officers were bribed by gangsters trying to avoid arrest.

As a result of the Prohibition, there were more gangs, corrupted officers and much more illegal activity. Therefore, Prohibition harmed the U.S.A.

Gangs were constantly killing to control areas for bootlegging. More and more people became scared, so less and less people supported Prohibition.

Often times, officers struggled to enforce Prohibition. There were over 100,000 people who illegally drank alcohol. Officers had almost 20,000 miles to cover, with only 1,500 officers to enforce it.

Al Capone, a well known gangster in Chicago during Prohibition.

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Why Prohibition Failed

By Chase Hutchison a great why to help solve problems like how people will get divorced and the workplace will Do you think that prohibition is good or bad for the U.S.? well I think that the prohibition has some flaws. Like the 1000s of speakeasy in

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This is why I think that prohibition was bad.

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new york. I think that prohibition is not alcohol for a reason. successful at the ending the use of alcohol.

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Prohibition Problems Is Prohibition fueling the rise of organized crime?

By: King Demetrick

We want beer! We want beer! This chant is being repeated in protests around the nation following the passage of Prohibition.

Prohibition is bad for America because every time something is banned people get mad and find ways to keep doing it. Prohibition went into effect on January 16, 1920. The 18th amendment prohibited people from selling, buying, and making alcohol. But people still wanted it. Thus, people found illegal ways to get alcohol, mostly through bootleggers and speakeasies. Prohibition has fueled the rise of organized crime.

Prohibition has fueled the rise of organized crime because during Prohibition gangsters saw a way to make money.

Gangsters would set up illegal bars known as speakeasies to sell alcohol to patrons. By 1927, there were 30,000 speakeasies in New York City and gangsters were in charge of all of them.

Bootleggers, moonshiners, and rumrunners have fueled the rise of organized crime during Prohibition. Bootleggers illegally transported alcohol to speakeasies by hiding alcohol in their boots. Moonshiners were people who made moonshine and illegally sold their product to unsuspecting Americans.

Moonshine was homemade liquor that often cause serious health problems. Rumrunners were responsible for bringing alcohol into the United States from different countries.

Rumrunners needed to have connections with coast guards, countries and boat captains. It took a lot of people to do illegal things in order to get alcohol to Americans.

Prohibition made good people want to do bad things. Americans didn’t want to break the law, but they still wanted to drink alcohol. The only way they could do so was by obtaining it illegally from gangsters. Prohibition fueled the rise of organized crime.

Above: Men about business.

Organized crime grew in the 1920s.

Below: Patrons enjoy illegal drinks at a speakeasy run by gangsters.

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Reasons to Repeal Prohibition Should the U.S. repeal Prohibition?

By Will Hoeft

The U.S. should repeal the Prohibition.

The U.S. is struggling with negative effects of the Prohibition. Those negative effects are: there is more organized crime, gangs are being formed, federal agents are corrupt, and it was difficult to enforce Prohibition.

In conclusion, organized crime was used more often during Prohibition, more gangs were created for bootlegging, federal agents were accepting bribes from gangs, and Feds had difficulties enforcing Prohibition. Overall, Prohibition didn’t help American economy, so America should repeal the Prohibition.

Organized crimes were being used by different gangs as a result of the Prohibition.

Gangsters started bootlegging. Bootlegging was the act of selling illegal alcohol. It was a multibillion dollar industry by the 1920’s. People drank their alcohol in secret clubs called speakeasies. Various gangsters like Al Capone sold alcohol to speakeasies.

Police officers and federal officials knew about the speakeasies, but the gangsters payed off the police to keep quiet.

Federal officials and police officers accepted payment from gangs because they were underpaid and overworked. The average annual wage of federal officials enforcing Prohibition was $2,300. Often times, the officials had no choice but to accept the bribes from gangsters in order to live easier lives.

Along with corrupt officers, Prohibition was difficult to enforce. Federal officials, or Feds, were given 18,700 miles of land to cover.

It was difficult to enforce because there were only 1,550 feds. The small amount of Feds were up against over 100,000 Prohibition violators.

Men march the streets, in attempt to get Prohibition repealed.

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Cartoon Opposing Prohibition

By Will Hoeft

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Organized Crime In America Illegal drinking and selling alcohol was around before organized crime, and organized crime only started to make money off of what was already happening. The government didn’t enforce the law very well, so the gangs still wanted to control certain parts of the city to sell, make, and drink illegal alcohol.

Gangs also bribed corrupt police officers, so that made it a lot easier to buy, sell, make and drink illegal alcohol.

Organized crime is not becoming a threat to America.

Organized crime only started because of prohibition. Gangs killed other gangs only to control parts of the city and parts of the states to buy, sell, and drink illegal alcohol, not to be threat to America. Killings usually only happened when gangs wanted to control a spot that had a good place to make, sell, and drink illegal alcohol, would not be there if drinking alcohol was still legal. Gangs would not be there if alcohol was legal. If there were no gangs, then no gangs would kill other gangs for control or for revenge.

At the time alcohol being illegal was the problem, not organized crime. Gangs just wanted to make money off simple ways with low risk involved. Gangs killed other gangs to control parts of cities and states.No illegal alcohol, would mean no gangs killing other gangs to control parts of the cities and states. Gangs were only violent because of buying, selling, making, and drinking alcohol.

By: Evan Swartzendruber

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Gangs Over Alcohol

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