Corruption in 1920s helped the formation of the American mafia who prospered because of the prohibition act. In this essay the topic that is going to be discussed is how corruption in the 1920s influenced other aspect of society. This essay will also talk about how corruption led to women’s liberation, class mobility, and how American economy fell. For example the tax revenue which used to collect by government from the sale of alcohol was lost because of the prohibition act which created bootlegger who became rich and filled in social middle class structure of America. Corruption in the 1920s influenced many parts of society like politically, socially and economically through the use of like organized crime, bribery, bootlegging and many other corruptions. My claim is that corruption in the 1920s influenced many part of society through the use of like organized crime, bribery, bootlegging and many other types of corruptions.
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The prohibition in the 1920s led to enlargement of gangster and bootleggers in America supplying alcohol to the thirsty American public. The prohibition caused the loss of thousand jobs nationwide in the United States because of the closed breweries, distilleries, and retail liquor outlets. Prohibition caused bootlegging to increase which harmed the economy because before government could tax the alcohol that produced legally. Alcohol which was being produced illegal could not be taxed by government in the year “1914, the revenue collected in taxes from liquor alone was 226,000,000.” Alcohol industry was one of the largest industries in the United States it affected many area of the economy when prohibition was enacted by the government. Prohibition was the cause of economy downfall in the United States because it increased organized crime, bootlegging and made many Americans job less in United