The Mafia and the 1920s

The Mafia is an organization that has been around for a long time, but it experienced a sudden burst of popularity and power in the 1920s with the Prohibition as it opened up bootlegging rackets, making tons of money and thus greater power also. The 1920s was also well known for its flappers, music and culture. Learn more about this period with the links below.

American Cultural History: 1920-1929
http://www.nhmccd.edu/contracts/lrc/kc/decade20.html

Flapper Culture and Style:
http://www.sirius.com/~tgladysz/flapper.html

The 18th Amendment:
http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/Library/studies/wick/wick1.html

The Prohibition Movement:
http://prohibition.history.ohio-state.edu/Contents.htm

St. Valentine's Day Massacre: Guns and Gangsters:
http://www.MysteryNet.com/vdaymassacre/

Al Capone:
http://history1900s.about.com/cs/caponeal/index.htm?once=true&