Essays on Prohibition Era

In the 1920s and early 30s there was a thing called prohibition. Prohibition was a band if any use of alcohol /booze world wide. There were multiple reasons that alcohol was banned but one of the main reasons was if everyone were to stop drinking…

George Moran was born on a farm just outside of Minneapolis in 1893. His father was Irish and his mother was Polish. At six years old George and his family moved to Chicago in 1899. They settled in Kilgubbin, an Irish populated urban area north…

The era of probation starting in 1920 sparked gangster culture in America. The 18th Amendment ratified on January 1, 1920 banned the production, sale, and transportation of alcohol. Millions of Americans were against the new anti-booze legislation, especially with the Jazz Age in full swing….