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Prohibition Didn’t Stop Atlantic City From Thriving Prohibition Didn’t Stop Atlantic City From Thriving
Prohibition Didn’t Stop Atlantic City From Thriving Prohibition put the kibosh on economic growth for many cities in the United States. Atlantic City, however, was not one of them.  In fact, the bustling seaside resort town on the Jersey coast saw immense economic growth and prosperity from 1920 to 1933. Unlike other towns, Atlantic City had two key factors working in its favor: its location and lack of enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment — which banned manufacture of alcohol, its transportation, and its sale — on the part of local officials. Clockwise: Al Capone, Meyer Lansky, and Lucky Luciano. All three took part in the Atlantic …

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