Question

How did Prohibition contribute to the growth of organized crime?

a. by forcing police to enforce antiliquor laws
b. by making it easier for bootleggers to branch into other types of illegal activity
c. by forcing farmers to grow grain for the production of alcohol
d. by strengthening respect for the law

Answer 1

b. by making it easier for bootleggers to branch into other types of illegal activity
bootlegging became an organized crime, and the people that were the head of bootlegging became quite powerful. It became a black market.