Essays on Al Capone

Al Capone greatly influenced organized crime in Chicago during the Prohibition Period by taking advantage of his city’s desperation by bootlegging. Due to the cash received from this business, Al Capone and other opposing gangs became violent towards each other, but the police did not…

Likely America’s most well-known gangster from the Prohibition Era, Al Capone made his way into history by being one of the most successful gangsters of all time. With a nickname like Scarface, how could he not get into some kind of life of crime? He…

Born in the midst of harsh conditions surrounding him and his immigrant family, Alphonse Gabriel Capone was born on 1899 in New York. Born into a immigrant family from Italy, Al had a semi average upbringing his father was a barber and his mother a…

Al Capone “Alphonse Capone was born on January 17,1899 in Brooklyn New York to Gabriele, who was thirty years old, and his pregnant twenty-seven-year-old wife Teresina, his two-year-old son Vincenzo and his infant son Raffaele (Bergreen 1996 p.7).” Capone grew up in a rough neighborhood…

Al “Scarface” Capone I chose the topic of Al Capone for this 6 weeks paper because he had the reputation as being one of Chicago s most fierce and notorious gangsters of his time. Capone was one of the most famous and powerful gangsters in…

Organized crime was not so organized up until the 1920s. When the 1920s arrived, the American lifestyle changed dramatically. People started investing money in home appliances and automobiles, womens skirts became higher and drinking became very popular. Also, organized crime came to a rise in…

The era of probation starting in 1920 sparked gangster culture in America. The 18th Amendment ratified on January 1, 1920 banned the production, sale, and transportation of alcohol. Millions of Americans were against the new anti-booze legislation, especially with the Jazz Age in full swing….