The Prohibition In The 1920's

During the roaring twenties, society began evolving into political and industrialize perspectives which allow growth in many different aspects of life. The events occurred during this period exceed the feminine rights to vote and show prospects in equality of gender. However, many illegal activity began due to the eighteenth amendment enacted on January 16th, 1920. The eighteenth amendment was ratified to decrease drunkenness and family abuse when consumed alcohol. The prohibition interdicted the manufacture, distribution, and sale of alcohol in the United States. Thus, contributed in the creation of bootlegging liquor business as a complex criminal enterprise and many other illegal activities. Bootlegging was an illegal production and distribution
Notorious gangsters rose was Alphonse “Al” Capone, John Gotti, Charles “Lucky” Luciano, and Johnny “Fox” Torrio who increase the rate of crimes for many years which consist of gang violence. Johnny “Fox” Torrio recruited “Scarface” Capone as an enforcer for debt collecting. In “The Mammoth Book of Gangs: The fascinating inside story of 34 notorious gangs,” James Morton states during the Mann Act in 1910-1920, “Torrio arranged for Jim Colosimo .. to receive a shipment of whiskey”(Morton 48) four months after the prohibition was enacted. On February 9, 1925 Torrio gave his position as mafia leader to his understudy Al Capone, who became the Boss of Chicago. Karen Blumenthal states “In Cicero, the Capone crowd turned out in force.” (Blumenthal 96). Al Capone had killed the town president because he did not pass Capone order. The killings continue throughout the years and
Thorndike explains the complex of the scandal which took ten years to resolve and states “ in 1921, Albert B. Fall persuaded him to secretly transfer control of three huge government oil reserves from the Navy to the Department of the Interior.” (7). The oil reserve for Naval use to insure there was fuel during war time. Secretary Fall, secretly sold the bases to Teapot Dome oil rights to Harry Sinclair’s Mammoth Oil Company and the Elk Hills oil rights to the Pan-American Petroleum Company to gain profit from leasing the oil fields. President Harding placed his friends in high authority where they committed bribery, embezzled government money, and committed