how did making alcohol illegal in the us in 1919 open up opportunity for gangsters and criminals to become wealthy and powerful

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Jaydin Nixon

5 September, 20:03

how did making alcohol illegal in the us in 1919 open up opportunity for gangsters and criminals to become wealthy and powerful

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Carmen Todd · Answer 1

The black market became big for selling those illegal items, and the ones selling were criminals. When you sell on the black market things are of more value cause if something is illegal it's a harder to come by so therefore more expensive