THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
PROHIBITION OF THE 1920S
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Question
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What event in 1929 convinced many Americans that Prohibition was not working?
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The Zoot Suit Riot
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WWII
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The Wall St. Crash
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St. Valentine’s Day Massacre
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Valentine’s Day Massacre in Chicago in 1929, when the Capone gang shot to death seven members of the rival “Bugs” Moran gang. Historians of the underworld, however, suggest that by the late 1920s bootlegging was on the verge of semimonopoly control and that the end of gang wars was approaching.
Detailed explanation-2: -The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre occurred on February 14, 1929, and was one of the biggest crimes in Chicago history. Seven members of the North Side Gang were killed during an ambush carried out by Bugs Moran’s Murder Gang.
Detailed explanation-3: -Gallery. Although he was never prosecuted for the crime, it is widely believed that Al Capone was behind the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre.
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