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3. How did the illegal alcohol trade influence American culture and attitudes towards prohibition laws?
Paper topic: Bootlegging and the rise of organized crime.
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The illegal alcohol trade, also known as bootlegging, significantly impacted American culture by glamorizing criminal activity and challenging prohibition laws. According to historian Daniel Okrent, "Bootleggers worked with pharmacists to create plausible forgeries of the permits necessary for legal liquor production" (Okrent, 2010). This defiance of the law and collaboration between criminals and professionals portrayed bootlegging as a daring and lucrative venture, leading to the glamorization of organized crime in American society.
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