Prohibition

name of the city which Al Capone controlled the supply of alcohol during prohibition

chicago

term for when the gangs forced shopkeepers to pay the money to avoid their business being destroyed

racketeering

Number of speakeasies in the USA by the 1930s

200,000

method used by gangs to get policeman and public officials to allow them to continue with breaking the prohibition law

bribery

name used for the alcohol that people made in their own homes which caused poisoning

moonshine

event in 1929, which outraged people and led them to call the end of prohibition

Saint Valentine’s Day massacre

name of the organisation set up to protest for the end of prohibition

Association against the prohibition amendment

economic reason why Roosevelt ended prohibition in 1933

to get taxes from alcohol

name of the people that smuggled alcohol across borders

bootleggers