Adolphus Busch was a brewer, he was the first man to successfully ship a bottled beer, as the prohibition started brewers looked up to him as a leader. Alphonso Capone was against prohibition, he took over labor unions like, chauffeurs, plumbers, city workers, motion picture projectionists, soda pop peddlers, kosher poultry dealers, he was the most powerful gangster, mobster of them all, of course he was against prohibition, he was the most wanted person back then, Capone played it smart because hoover(president of time) thought he could catch him, but couldn't because there was no real case to catch him for like murder, bootlegging, brewing, etc. there wasn't enough info."publicity is what got him arrested." Fiorello la guardia was against prohibition, he gave the country instructions, formulas, and recipes to make alcohol, he was the mayor of NY. Dion o'banion smuggled liquor from Canada. he was a gangster in Chicago, he worked with al Capone and Johnny torio before al tricked him and dion got caught from smuggling. After that he got a job at a flower shop; one day when he was working he got shot by 2 men(nothing to do with Capone or torio). Roy Olmstead was a police chief, until they found out that he was a bootlegger. He then found out he made twice as much money as he did in a year. George Remus was against prohibition, he knew the way to pass the volstead act and successfully brew; he finally got caught and shot his wife for going against him. Hymie Weiss and George Moran(bugs) who were associates for dion o'banion, thought Capone killed them so he got revenge and killed all his people in the headquarters. Joesph Kennedy worked with al Capone to get whiskey from Canada. He made all of his wealth from liquor, then gave it to his kids so they were wealthy.
The Volstead Act was meant to bring good, and stop drinking, but instead it only made problems worse, creating organized gangs, criminals, etc. National Prohibition was supposed to be a solution to Americas poverty, crime, and other things because of Prohibition crime went up, along with the formation of organized crimes ( mafia )Prohibition made millions of Americans criminals, and legal system failed to keep up with the overflowing of jails, and courts. When 1919-1933 ( 1919 National Prohibition got passed, 1933 National Prohibition
got repealing ) Also know as the Volstead Act. Prohibition affected the entire U.S causing many problem America lost a lot of money from prohibition.
got repealing ) Also know as the Volstead Act. Prohibition affected the entire U.S causing many problem America lost a lot of money from prohibition.