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Organized Crime of the 1920's

Organized Crime of the 1920's. By: Ethan Ehrlich, Stephen Shein . How it Started . . The 18th amendment, prohibition, was supposed to lower crime. . Crime rates increased by 102 %. . Bootleggers were the main source of crime. The Mob.

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Organized Crime of the 1920's

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  1. Organized Crime of the 1920's By: Ethan Ehrlich, Stephen Shein.

  2. How it Started . The 18th amendment, prohibition, was supposed to lower crime. . Crime rates increased by 102 %. . Bootleggers were the main source of crime.

  3. The Mob . With jobs scarce, many people joined the mob since it was an easy but dangerous way to make money. . The mobs main fund was bootlegging, although they made profits by gambling and prostitution. .Got away with crime by paying off government officials. . The mobs consisted of mostly immigrants.

  4. Dean O'Banion . Leader of one of the most prolific gangs during the prohibition era. . He was able to crack opposing gangs safe's to steal their alcohol supplies. . O'Banion brought the "Tommy Gun" into Chicago. . Killed by Capone's gang. . His death is what sparked the mob wars for the following 5 years.

  5. Al Capone .Capone was born in 1899 Brooklyn New York. . Capone was mentored by Frank Uale . Capone visited the Torro's invitation in the 1920's. . He joined Torro's and became a lieutenant of the Colosimo mob. . Capone became the leader of the Colosimo mob when Torro's was severely injured in an assassination attempt. . On February 14, 1929, the St. Valentines Day Massacre occurred.

  6. George Bugs Moran . Enemy of the Capone gang. . He was the leader of the Northern Chicago Mob. .He was the creator of the drive by shootings.

  7. "Seven Group" . a combined force consisting of Salvatore Lucania (Luciano), Lansky, Frank Costello, Benjamin Siegel and many more, whose combined forces generated a vast revenue of liquor sales.

  8. Meeting of the Mobs . 1928, Joe Magliocco and Joe Profaci, two leaders of mobs in the Brooklyn area. . The meeting was to agree on an area where Brooklynn should be divided after Salvatore D'Aquila, a powerful mobster, was shot.

  9. The F.B.I . The 1920’s were largely considered the lawless years. . J. Edgar Hoover appointed vice president of F.B.I . The F.B.I had barely any jurisdiction, made it difficult to investigate gang related crime.

  10. How Crime embodies "The Roaring Twenties" . "The Roaring Twenties was a time of great success in the U.S. . The wealth in the country doubled. .The crime is one of the few issues the the 20's.

  11. Citations http://www.albany.edu/~wm731882/organized_crime1_final.html http://www.fbi.gov/ http://americanmafiahistory.com/joe-magliocco/ Americans Textbook.

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