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Bootleggers sold illegal alcohol to consumers and helped to bypass the laws.
Ressie Okuneva
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they sold illegal alcohol to consumers
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What part did bootleggers play in the failure of prohibition?
Bootleggers sold illegal alcohol to consumers and helped to bypass the laws.
Speakeasies and bootleggers were a product of?
Speakeasies and bootleggers were a product of: Prohibition.
What was a person who smuggled alcohol during prohibition called?
BootLeggers as well as millions of ordinary citizens.
One group not in favor of Prohibition was?
bootleggers
Who were the bootleggers in the Prohibition era?
Al Capone
Who made money from Prohibition?
Bootleggers and organized crime.
What groups prospered during prohibition?
Organized criminals, bootleggers, moonshiners, and public officials who were corrupt were among the beneficiaries of Prohibition.
How were bootleggers able to sell alchol in many cities?
Police and politicians did not enforce prohibition laws.
What do bootleggers do?
'Bootleggers' brought illegal liquor supplies during prohibition into the cities: rum was smuggled from the West indies, whiskey crossed the river to detriot from Canada. it was soon big business and big businessmen got invovled, including joespeh Kennedy, father of the future president. Bootleggers organised themselves into gangs to transport the goods, and these gangs became rich and powerful.
How did bootleggers get their name?
Bootleggers got their name because they would hide small bottles of illegal alcohol in the tops of their boots or their boot tops. This allowed them to easily transport and conceal the alcohol during prohibition in the United States.
What was the positive effects of prohibition?
Prohibition provided an opportunity for organized crime to make vast profits, corrupt public officials to get money with no effort, profits for moonshiners and bootleggers, and many opportunities for illegal employment.
What group did the ku klux klan terrorize?
Blacks, Republicans, Jews, Catholics, moonshiners, bootleggers, and immigrants.
