mafia/ gangsters

Prohibition started in the 1920's and is the time period when alcohol was considered illegal by all forms of government. By making this alchohol substance illgal gangsters started to emerge from their slumber in the 1920's and began to take over cities by using their smarts and taking advantage of the wants of the people. The mafia and gangsters were smart because they saw that many people wanted to comsume alcohol because the effects caused the people to have a good time, so they started illegal businesses that distributes alcohol to poeple who wanted it. These institutions were called "speak-easies" where liqour and alcohol was distributed to those who paid the money and knew the secret password to get into the bar. With more and more people desiring the acoholic beverage the more that they seeked out the distibutors. The distributors were the gangsters and because of all the demand they pumped out the product and they gained power very rapidly. Within time Mobs grew to power and fought with one another to keep that power. During this time it was the Italian mafia that had the most power. It was during this time period that the ideal suave and powerful gangster was born.