gangster era
Tommy gun times
The gangster era refers to the period in American history, roughly the 1920s and early 1930s, when organized crime flourished during Prohibition.
Figures like Al Capone became notorious, and bootlegging, speakeasies, and gang violence defined urban life.
The term evokes tommy guns, fedoras, and black-and-white newsreels: a film set in the gangster era.
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
- speakeasyIllicit liquor establishment
- bootleggerIllegal liquor trafficker
- bathtub ginAmateur-made illegal liquor
- machine gun fireSustained automatic weapon discharge
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- MinnesotaMinneapolis, Twin Cities, St. Paul, Saint Paul, Duluth
historical period
gangster eraProgressive Era
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