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Washington put taxes on whiskey so moonshiners and bootleggers became popular and helped people that couldn't pay for whiskey.
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Alcohol prohibition started in the USA so they leaned especially on moonshiners and bootleggers. During that period they became popular.
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Al Copone was the head of a mafia in chicago. If some one whould interfear with his line of work with bootlegging he would sloughter them.
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Moonshine was popular all over USA.
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During the Great Depression moonshining and bootlegging became popular because the alcohol was rare during prohibition
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Alcohol prohibition ended but moonshining and bootlegging stayed popular. The law was repealed by JFK.
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NASCAR started because of bootleggers jacking up their cars and outrunning police and then started to race them.
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Since made in floridia it created a hard time for bootleggers to bring booze up north.
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Because of the great droughts the corn prices went up and were hard to find in common stores.
