The passing of the 18th Amendment and prohibition was thought of as a “noble experiment” by President Herbert Hoover and others. However, prohibition actually did more harm than good as it not only proved extremely difficult to enforce but it also failed to eliminate many of the social problems that people hoped it would. Due to prohibition, there was an immense rise in organized crime because bootlegging alcohol became a profitable business, “booze cruises” were invented, and a multitude of “speakeasies” or the nightclubs of that time opened. In the roaring twenties, government agencies were significantly understaffed leaving any working officials underpaid and susceptible to bribery from gangsters. Dealing illegal alcohol was the new millionaire