PROHIBITION AND BOOTLEGGING

PROHIBITION

• The Prohibition was from 1920-1933
• The 18th Amendment banned alcohol in the U.S
• It lead to the illegal sale of alcohol and the rise of the Mafia
• American Culture was very liberal and free at the time
• The Great Gatsby took place during the Prohibition

BOOTLEGGING

• The illegal trafficking and selling of liquor
• Major crime families, including the Mafia took part
• Al Capone, the leader of the Chicago Mafia, played a huge part in it
• America was in a time of prosperity but was becoming corrupt
• Mr. Gatsby might have made his fortune off of bootlegging