APRIL 2018 PAGE 1 JJ NEWS archival article about Organized Crime and Prohibition; THE 1920'S IN THE UNITED STATES BY JESSICA M & JOANA D The prohibition of alcohol in the United States lasted for 13 years during the 1920s and 30s. It is one of the most...
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APRIL 2018 PAGE 1 JJ NEWS archival article about Organized Crime and Prohibition; THE 1920'S IN THE UNITED STATES BY JESSICA M & JOANA D The prohibition of alcohol in the United States lasted for 13 years during the 1920s and 30s. It is one of the most famous times in recent American history. Prohibition, legal prevention of the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages in the United States from 1920 to 1933 under the terms of the Eighteenth Amendment. Although the temperance movement, which was widely supported, had succeeded in bringing about this legislation, millions of Americans were willing to drink liquor (distilled spirits) illegally, which gave rise to bootlegging (the illegal production and sale of liquor) and speakeasies (illegal, secretive drinking establishments), both of which were capitalized upon by organized crime. As a result, the Prohibition era is also remembered as a period of gangsterism, characterized by competition and violent turf battles bet
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