Was Prohibition A Rise To Gangsterism In America?

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To a greater extent, the prohibition act rose to gangsterism in America. Prohibition what is Prohibition, The Prohibition era was the period from 1920 to 1933 when the United States prohibited the production, importation, transportation and sale of alcoholic beverages. There were a lot of gangstas such as Al Capone. He was one of the most powerful gangstas in America.

During the prohibition it led to multiple gangstas and crimes arising such as the selling of illegal trading of alcohol which at that time was illegal so anyone caught selling or trading alcohol they wont be fined and arrested, but that didn't stop gangstas from arising and having places called Speakeasy where they would require a "special" password for the person to be able