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Organized crime causes political corruption By: Ayah
When you pass a law to remove something that is having a negative impact on society, you do not believe that it would cause even greater problems in the country. Prohibition is causing a rise in organized crime. Organized crime is a major problem and is destroying the country because it is creating murder and violence, illegal bootlegging, and political corruption. Illegal bootleggers are the people who are making and selling alcohol illegally. The supply of goods will grow to meet the demand, and when the goods are illegal, lawbreakers will be the ones that produce that produce the supply. Capone is taking over torrio’s gang, who is a italian-born american mobster who helped build a criminal organization, the chicago outfit, it was recently inherited by his protege, Al Capone. Al Capone has more than seven hundred men, controls more than ten thousand speakeasies, and oversees bootlegging activities from florida to chicago. It is also estimated that the government is losing 2,000,000,000 by passing prohibition. The morning of valentine's day, 1929, a group of gang members gathered in a liquor warehouse (disguised as a garage for the S.M.C cartage company of Chicago). The rival of Capone's gang, George “bugs” moran. Moran’s gang had been tricked by capone’s gang into waiting for a delivery of whiskey. When police cars pulled up, capone’s gang (five of them) dressed as policeman. Two submachine guns, this type of gun is very popular amongst gangs, they opened fired, and all seven members of the moran gang had died. This type of murder and violence is caused by organized crime. Another example is in Chicago there were over 400 gang related murders a year now that prohibition is passed. Rival gangs also engage in turf wars and shootouts. The brutality and power of organized crime have made battlegrounds of America’s largest cities. Political corruption plays a big role in organized crime, gangs are paying cops and politicians to turn a blind eye and act like nothing happens to whatever violence, and illegal activity that is going on. Federal agents earn oly 2300 dollars a year. Being underpaid and overworked, agents cannot always resist the temptation and pressure of the wealth that organized crime offers. This results in corruption of our law enforcement. Al Wolff believes that there are leaks among the untouchables, who are a group of special agents that work to end Al Capone's illegal activity by aggressively enforcing prohibition laws against his organization. Many times Al Capone would set up a hit only to find the gangsters and liquor had fled minutes before. The fundamental problem with prohibition was that an increasing number of American citizens refuse to uphold the law. organized crime is a major problem in America that has only grown worse since prohibition. It has created more murder and violence, illegal bootlegging, and political corruption. There has to be a change made for the future of this country. More and more people are begging to believe the law should be repealed, feeling that the cost of prohibition is to high. These people are right, to stop organized crime, prohibition must be repealed.
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By Maverick Miller
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Hope’s article
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Political cartoon by Ayah
Political corruption
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Bibliography Maverick’s sources Works Cited (Maverick) Hanson, Erica. The 1920s. San Diego, Lucent Books, 1999. Hart, Diane, and Bert Bower. History Alive!: Pursuing American Ideals. Student edition. ed., Rancho Cordova, Teachers' Curriculum Institute, 2013. Lindop, Edmund, and Margaret J. Goldstein. America in the 1920s. Minneapolis, Twenty-First Century Books, 2010. This Fabulous Century. Alexandria, Time-Life Books, 1987. Yancey, Diane. Life during the Roaring Twenties. San Diego, Lucent Books, 2002.
Ayah’s sources Works Cited Hart,
Diane, and Bert Bower. History Alive!: Pursuing American Ideals. Student edition. ed., Rancho Cordova, Teachers' Curriculum Institute, 2013.
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Bibliography Claire’s Sources-Editors, History.com, editor. "Prohibition Takes Effect." History, A&E Television Networks, 21 Nov. 2009, www.history.com/this-day-in-history/prohibition-takes-effect. Accessed 30 Oct. 2018. --, editor. "Prohibition Takes Effect." History, A&E Television Networks, 21 Nov. 2009, www.history.com/this-day-in-history/prohibition-takes-effect. Accessed 30 Oct. 2018. Hart, Diane, and Bert Bower. History Alive!: Pursuing American Ideals. Student edition. ed., Rancho Cordova, Teachers' Curriculum Institute, 2013. ---. History Alive!: Pursuing American Ideals. Student edition. ed., Rancho Cordova, Teachers' Curriculum Institute, 2013. The Jazz Age: The 20s. Rev. ed., Alexandria, Time-Life Books, 2000. National Public Radio. 30 June 2016, www.npr.org/2016/06/30/484215890/prohibition-era-gang-violence-spurred-congress-to-pass-first -gun-law. Accessed 29 Oct. 2018. Pietrusza, David. The Roaring Twenties. San Diego, Lucent Books, 1998. ---. The Roaring Twenties. San Diego, Lucent Books, 1998. Thejournal. 18 May 2013, www.thejournal.ie/prohibition-america-alcohol-twenties-910365-May2013/. Accessed 29 Oct. 2018. This Fabulous Century. Alexandria, Time-Life Books, 1987. U.S.A. 1920s. Danbury, Grolier, 2005. Yancey, Diane. Life during the Roaring Twenties. San Diego, Lucent Books, 2002. ---. Life during the Roaring Twenties. San Diego, Lucent Books, 2002.
Works Cited (Duncan) Hagerman, Daniel. Prohibition Speakeasy Ladies Night C. 1930. JPEG file, 1930. Hanson, Erica. The 1920s. San Diego, Lucent Books, 1999. Hart, Diane, and Bert Bower. History Alive!: Pursuing American Ideals. Student edition. ed., Rancho Cordova, Teachers' Curriculum Institute, 2013. Prohibition. JPG file. U.S.A. 1920s. Danbury, Grolier, 2005.
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