Illegal Activities In The 1920s

During the 1920's there where numerous amount of illegal activity some being police bribery, Prostitution, Gang affiliation, Speak easies, Teapot scandal and many more. It was a time where law was not as followed at times because it was considered the golden age because of the many changes during this time such as the development of cars, women became rebellious, new type of literature arose. Many factors contribute to this but the one that really stood out as the root of the 1920's was their illegal activity. There are many major factors that become the seed of the illegal activities during the 1920's such as bribery, prostitution, and bootlegging ,gambling and gangs. Those where the catalyst of the criminal activity during this era. …show more content…
Prostitution became so common with criminals and crooks near saloons and Speakeasy. The boot legging of beer was becoming a big deal because of the illegal booze. Which raised the crime rate dramatically. Gambling was not illegal but bribed or rigged games where meant for one person to win and if you did not pay up you where either killed or forced to pay. Gangs where the foundation of pretty much everything in the illegal activities during the 1920's. Gangs where like a brotherhood that was made to get easy money the fastest way which was the illegal way. Criminals left their mark in history because of this era which made them easy to control pretty much everything.

Bribery is not something that can be avoided if you are in some type of power in the political system. During this time bribery was illegal because it made everything unfair and it benefited the rich only. Bribery was most made by gang members but the worst part was who they made the deal with. Gang members bribed police into turning the