One minute passed midnight on January 16th 1920 made the manufacture and distribution of alcohol a crime in America. America cried to stop the poison of alcohol from ruining their lives. What Congress actually did was increase the amount of organized crime, give rise to the American Mafia, and cause massive corruption and underground parties.
When the Volstead Act was passed, it invented a new crime to be performed by the powerful and crafty. Bootlegging was when someone made and sold alcohol illegally. The most famous and dangerous bootlegger in American history is Al Capone. He turned lawful American lawless with his underground work in gambling, saloons, and brothels. Between 1925-1930, Capone brought in a humongous $100,000,000 a year.
Underground parties became a giant social aspect among young, adventurous America. Speakeasies were underground saloons in which heavy carousing and dancing occurred in the big cities. The idea of a good time in the Prohibition Era was to party and do something illegal. While the promiscuous youth amused themselves underground, the religious America was scared that this bill had not preserved Christianity as they had hoped.
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