5.++Prohibition+and+Organized+Crime

=__Prohibition and Organized Crime__=

//Prohibition//

 * 1) Prohibition - The banning of the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcoholic beverages.
 * 2) In 1919, the 18th Amendment was passed, making alcoholic beverages illegal in the U.S.
 * 3) Prohibition activists felt that if they could eliminate alcohol they could eliminate many of the problems facing the United States.

//Prohibition Leads to Organized Crime//
Al Capone Source: []
 * 1) Prohibition actually gave rise to the following:
 * 2) **//__Speakeasies__//** - Places were people could go to drink illegally.
 * 3) __**//Bootlegging//**__ - The illegal manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcohol.
 * 4) Prohibition also gave rise to massive amounts of organized crime.
 * 5) Bootlegging brought in huge profits for those who were involved in it, and many criminals made a forturne.
 * 6) Large-scale criminals made so much money that they could afford to pay off police, attorneys, and even judges in attempts to keep themselves out of jail.
 * 7) **//__Al Capone__//** - Famous Chicago gangster who made millions off of bootlegging.
 * 8) Was eventually convicted of tax evasion and sent to Alcatraz Island where he died.