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History Project. Tomas Burgio Alejo Zubizarreta. Prohibition in the U.S.

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  1. History Project. Tomas BurgioAlejo Zubizarreta

  2. Prohibition in the U.S • Prohibition in the United States, also known as The Noble Experiment, was the period from 1920 to 1933. Duringn this period the alcohol was banned in the whole country of the U.S.A.It was because it was said to ruin families and that brought deseases, madness, etc. • Prohibition was abolished in 1933 because it had failed terribly due to a number of reasons, including corruption and people not willing to comply with this new law.

  3. Izzy Einstein and Moe Smith • Izzy Einstein & Moe Smith where American officers, specifically agents of the US prohibition unit. They where famous for shutting down speakeasis, illegal bars, infact they did such a great job, speakeasis had signs warning people to watch out for them.

  4. St. Valentine's Day Massacre: • The Saint Valentine's Day massacre is the name given to the murder of seven people as part of a prohibition era conflict between two powerful criminal gangs in Chicago, Illinois, in 1929. It was between The South Side Italian leaded by Al Capone and the North Side Irish leaded by Bugs Moran. Seven people died in this incident.

  5. Al Capone and organized crime • Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone was an Italian-American gangster who, along with his men, ran a crime syndicate. Al Capone and his men where dedicated to smuggling and bootlegging alcohol and other illegal things. Everyone knew of Al capone´s illegal activity, but it was impossible to convict him because of his control of the police.

  6. KKK: • The Ku Klux Klan is the name of three distinct past and present far-right organizations in the United States, which have advocated extremist reactionary currents such as white supremacy, white nationalism, and anti-immigration. The current manifestation is splintered into several chapters and is widely considered to be a hate group. The first Klan flourished in the South in the 1860s, then died out by the early 1870s. Their iconic white costumes consisted of robes, masks, and conical hat.

  7. Speakeasies, Texas Guinan and ways people got around it  • Speakeasies where establishments which illegaly sold alcohol, during the prohibition era

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