Answer the following questions in essay format. Use complete sentences and make sure you use specific cited examples and quotes from the film.

Pick one of the following bootleggers from the Prohibition: A Nation of Scofflaws film and answer questions below:

Roy Olmsted

George Remus

William McCoy

Al Capone



Which of the above had the best strategy for breaking Prohibition? You don't have to necessarily like them to think they had a good business strategy. Explain their business model and why you think it was the best one. Give at least 1 specific example and back it up with cited evidence.



Tell me if would you have violated the Volstead Act and the 18th Amendment and been a Bootlegger during Prohibition. If you would not have broken the law, give me a specific reason why using cited info from the film. If you would have been a bootlegger tell me which of the above men you would have emulated or worked for and why. Use cited evidence to back up your answer.