Which of the following was a long-term effect of Prohibition????
a) the consumer economy
or
b) the growth of organized crime
2007-01-12 09:02:47 · 20 answers · asked by simpleplanrocks_1 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
B) Booze just being illegal produced organize crime. It gave way for people like AL Capone in Chicago to make fortune. Read The Great gatsby and booze comes out as a major issue. That's what Gatsby probably invested in to get wealthy.
2007-01-12 09:08:43 · answer #1 · answered by WonderWoman 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I am going to go against the grain here and say answer a. While organized crime was a short term effect of prohibition most gangsters like Al Capone were either arrested or killed before Prohibition ended. Most cartels and gangs today would not fall under the heading of organized crime because they often only control small sections of towns. Also prohibition was repealled long before any of these cartels were started. However prohibition did cause the effect of the consumer economy as even the individual seller could get wealthy not just the major crime syndicates.
2007-01-12 09:46:56 · answer #2 · answered by West Coast Nomad 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not "A" because a consumer economy existed before, during, and certainly after the Prohibition. Organized crime was probably the biggest factor in distributing illegal booze during the time period and shored up a lot of the mafia's future influence and connections. Considering how much money the Kennedy family just from shipping scotch from Great Britain to the US (JFK's father really ran some serious smuggling operations during his tenure as ambassador to England), it was still considered very small compared to what the OC's in Chicago, New York, and Boston were bringing in.
2007-01-12 09:55:59 · answer #3 · answered by Hotwad 980 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A! Organized crime was always big. "Gangs of New York" took place years before prohibition. Prohibition is linked to organized crime because of their taking over the bootlegging, but they were there long before.
2007-01-12 09:11:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
B- Organized Crime- bootlegging led to gangs
2007-01-12 09:05:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
b agree as many illegal funds were started because of alcohol and this gave rise to organized crime. the gangs vied with each other for control of the speakeasies and had no problem in forcing the owners and patrons to purchase from the strongest gang.
2007-01-12 09:37:19 · answer #6 · answered by Marvin R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
organized crime definitely, the mafias in new york made a killing in bootlegging. ever hear of al capone? his entire career was based on bootlegging after the prohibition.
2007-01-12 09:05:41 · answer #7 · answered by Mastronaut 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the growth of organized crime - the great gatsby
2007-01-12 09:05:58 · answer #8 · answered by boo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there was alot of money made by the illegal transport and sales once prohibition was repealed you had a group of people with no way to make money so they went onto other illeagal ventures theft drugs extorsion and so on
2007-01-12 09:10:39 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
b) anytime a law is passed to ban any product a black market is created for those goods and organized crime will grow to supply that market.
2007-01-12 09:11:37 · answer #10 · answered by daizzddre 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋