Question

Using the video and your textbook explain how Prohibition contributed to the growth of organized crime in the United States. (1-3 paragraphs)

Answer 1

Despite the claims of proponents of prohibition, who claimed that outlawing the sale of alcohol would reduce crime, organized crime actually increased as a direct result of prohibition. Bootlegging, or the unlawful distillation and sale of alcoholic beverages, became pervasive after the Eighteenth Amendment went into effect.