The United States during the late twenties through out the thirties suffered from great economic losses. During those years from 1929; after the great stock market crash, until 1939 the U.S. was in what was called and remembered as the "Great Depression." During this time many people had no jobs, homes, or money to provide what is needed for their families. When the 18th amendment was put into place, the citizens of the United States, were not only without jobs and other things, they were without alcohol.

Due to prohibition there became a common thing called bootlegging. Bootlegging was the illegal sale of alcohol by a person or persons. Bootlegging received this name because many times in the early part of prohibition there were little bottles of various kinds of alcoholic drinks, which were sold illegally to individuals, and were also sold at speakeasies. Sp

The public until the St. Valentines Day Massacre didn't mind the Mafia, they almost seemed like the good guys, but at the Massacre when seven people were slaughtered the public began to change their attitude about the La Cosa Nostra. Many people didn't at first view the Outfit as lawbreakers, but they almost thought of them as the poor thought of Robin Hood. The Syndicate was illegal by illegally selling, and producing alcohol, and by murdering other adversaries, and in later years the dealing and producing of Narcotics.

But things could be worse, you know,

Blakey, G. Robert. "Mafia." Encarta 99 Encyclopedia. 1998.

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