Summary: | 碩士 === 東吳大學 === 歷史學系 === 106 === Bootlegging trade was the most unstoppable criminal activity which the authority intended to restrain during Prohibition Era in the United States from 1920 to 1933. Since the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution be enabled on January 17, 1920. The production, importation, transportation, and sale of intoxicating liquors had been ban and regarded as illegal in nationwide.
However, the legislation did not prevented the amounts of alcohol consuming activities raised up. Due to the high profit, there are incalculable the number of people who involved with bootlegging and smuggling alcohol consequently. The following article aims to investigate the ways, measures and the influence of bootlegging trade activities during prohibition era under the Eighteenth Amendment and the Volstead
Act.
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