Increased crime was another burden that came with the rise of the 1920’s. One main cause of the rise in crime was prohibition, in other words the ban on alcohol. This lead to speakeasies, bootleggers, and moonshine otherwise known as bathtub gin. This also led to organized crime which here means; criminal activities that are planned and controlled by powerful groups and carried out on a large scale. This is how men such as Al Capone, one of America's best known gangsters and a symbol of the collapse of law and order in the United States during the 1920’s.
