Gangsters_In_The_1920’s

Gangsters In The 1920’s Gangsters in The 1920’s The twenties was a time of change in the Untied States. One of the changes the occurred was prohibition. Alcohol was part of America\'s culture and its people did not want to stop drinking. Prohibition forced open the country\'s doors to the most ruthlessly resourceful and crooked entrepreneurs: The Mob. Realizing there was a demand for alcohol, organized crime factions began making their own beer and liquor (booze, bathtub gin). Many oversaw the transportation of illegal liquor from across the Canadian border. Gangs were tolerated in the beginning by the general public because of this service they provided, but they were not ready for the consequences that they provided as well. Gangsters were involved in bootlegging, prostitution, gambling, organized crime, and racketeering. Al Capone, Bonnie and Clyde, and John Dillinger were some of the big names involved in this era. Being a gangster was a very risky job but it provided substantial rewards for a nation dying to spend money and also during a time when jobs were scarce in the middle of a depression (in the 30’s). When Congress passed the eighteenth amendment, alcohol was banned in every way from America. People who were addicted to gangsters, alcohol, time, one, law, crime, began, prohibition, enforcement, speakeasies, provided, police, people, organized, murder, capone, because, after, years, prostitution, open, money, liquor, involved, illegal, gangster, gambling, dillinger, country, another, wanted, very, under, twenties, thousand, themselves