Was prohibition effective?

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Was prohibition effective?

• Prohibition and Crime
• in the 1920s

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It all starts with the 18th

• 18th Amendment Prohibition outlawed the
  manufacture, sale, or transportation of
  intoxicating liquors. (ratified - Jan. 29, 1919)
• The Volstead Act (1919)enforced the 18th
  Amendment.
• The Anti-Saloon League announces
• Now for an era of clean living and clear
  thinking!

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Passage of the 18th Amendment
White ratified in 1919 Red ratified after 3/4
states Black never ratified
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Enforcement of the Volstead Act
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Prohibition gives rise to initial difficulties

• Bootlegging the illegal sale of liquor.
• Smuggling alcohol from Canada and Mexico.
• Homemade booze and backyard stills

Federal Agents destroying alcohol
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Mob creates an industry that many Americans are
willing to support.
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The Growth of the Mob

• Italian, Jewish, Irish, Immigrants.
• Created gangs for protection.
• Very well organized led to money making
  business during prohibition.

The Purple Gang - Detroit
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A New Kind of Political Boss

• Voters are being persuaded.
• Mob puts politicians in their place.
• Many elections are rigged.
• Police Departments are being bought.

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The Purple Gang

• 75 of all imported alcohol comes through the
  Detroit River.
• 215 million dollars in 1929.
• Detroits second largest business.

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Famous Gs
Frankie Yale
Johnny Torrio
George Bugs Moran
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Alphonse Gabriel Capone -Scarface

• Son of Italian Immigrants.
• Gang member at an early age
• Works for Frankie Yale
• Has to move to Chicago to cool off
• Starts working for Johnny Torrio

Capone - Scarface
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Capone (cont)

• Takes over in Chicago
• Runs many of the cities speakeasies, brothels,
  and bootlegging operations
• Controls the political climate of the city.
• Clashes with Bugs Moran

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St. Valentines Day Massacre
Chicago - 1929
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Capone goes to jail???
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To Catch a Thief

• Elliot Ness F.B.I.
• Lead investigator in charge of catching Al
  Capone.
• The Untouchables

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Capone is Caught!

• Tax evasion leads to prison - 1932.
• Dies in Florida - 1947

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How effective was prohibition?

• What about this era of clean living?!?!

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Amount of Alcohol Consumed per Person from
1910-1929
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Crime Rate in the U.S. from 1910-1945
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Was prohibition effective?

• The crime rate actually increased.
• People still consumed alcohol.
• New York City has over 32,000 speakeasies by
  1929.
• Doctors write over 11 million prescriptions for
  people to use alcohol for medical purposes.
• Impossible to enforce!!!!!!!
• By 1933 the 21st Amendment is passed.

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Oh, one more thing
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Happy Holidays from The Halings
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THE END