Prohibition
• 1920 to 1933
• Volstead Act (alcohol was illegal)
• Rum running (Canada to the USA)
• Creates mob and gangs (Al Capone)
• Volstead Act (alcohol was illegal)
• Rum running (Canada to the USA)
• Creates mob and gangs (Al Capone)
"I am like any other man. All I do is supply a demand." & "I have built my organization upon fear. " -Al Capone
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SUMMARY
During the 1920 to 1933, the USA passed a law called the Volstead Act, which made the consumption of alcohol illegal. Women wanted alcohol banned because it caused their husbands to spend money, caused crime, and abused the family. Rum running was exporting illegal alcohol from Canada to the USA, made by mobs and gangsters.