Last Set For Module 2

Front 1

Major Chieftains financed a unit of assassins out of where? What were they called?

Back 1

Major Chieftains financed a unit of assassins out of Brooklyn; New York who carried out murders nationwide called Murder, Inc.

Front 2

Urban machine politics and prohibition gave Irish, Jewish and Italian immigrants unparalleled criminal activity. They followed what model?

Back 2

Urban machine politics and prohibition gave Irish, Jewish and Italian immigrants unparalleled criminal activity. They followed the model of the Robber barons.

Front 3

The robber barons include - name as many as you can

Back 3

The robber barons include John Astor, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Daniel Drew, James Fisk, Gay Gould, Leland Stanford and John D. Rockefeller.

Front 4

What type of crime did Astor do?

Back 4

Astor cheated Indian traders and his own employees. He started trading furs, but invested later in slum housing.

Front 5

Describe Vanderbilt

Back 5

Vanderbilt was a monopolist and civil war profiteer

Front 6

Describe the Erie Ring

Back 6

Erie Ring used stock fraud and corrupt judge to fight Vanderbilt monopoly.

Front 7

Describe Stanford

Back 7

Stanford was a corrupt governor and briber of congress

Front 8

Describe Rockefeller

Back 8

Rockefeller was an oil and railroad monopolist.

Front 9

Name key points of the Robber Barons

Back 9

Robber barons used violence to achieve private ends, used government force for private gain, predatory acts in business.

Front 10

Describe actions of later immigrants

Back 10

Later immigrants, Irish, Jewish and Italian, innovated in a manner consistent with available opportunity.

Front 11

When was the large influx of immigrants?

Where did they find opportunity?

Back 11

In the late 1800’s immigrants found opportunity in vice and politics in urban America.

Front 12

Political bosses emerged why?

Back 12

Political bosses emerged to channel immigrant voices into the machine.

Front 13

How were immigrants welcomed?

Back 13

Immigrants had their culture, customs and beliefs attacked.

Front 14

Roots of organized crime are found in what?

Back 14

The roots of organized crime are found in the politics of urban America before prohibition.

Front 15

Why did Irish flee England?

What was the Irish advantage?

Back 15

The Irish fled English oppression and the famine; they arrived and formed close-knit, politically sophisticated society. They were experts in non-confrontational warfare. Ability of Irish to speak English was another advantage.

Front 16

Why was the Machine Politician popular?

Back 16

The machine politician was popular; he provided jobs, food, assistance dealing with public agencies including police and the courts.

Front 17

What did the machine politician ask for in return?

Back 17

The machine politician only asked for votes in return.

Front 18

How does the political machine view voters?

Back 18

The political machine does not regard the electorate as an amorphous, undifferentiated mass of voters. It is very personal.

Front 19

What did Chicago business interests want in government?

Back 19

Chicago business interests promoted corrupt and inefficient government.

Front 20

New York businesses relationship to government?

Back 20

In New York, businesses and criminals could pay tribute at election time to district leaders to look the other way. Money went up the channel to fund Tammany Hall.

Front 21

Reformers were often part of what???

Back 21

Reformers were often part of the rampant nativism

Front 22

Describe investigations by reformers.

Back 22

Investigations by reformers were initiated by protestant Republicans against urban, catholic and Jewish democrats.

Front 23

Describe nativism

Back 23

Nativism helped tie immigrants to the political machine.

Front 24

Machine politicians cultivated.....what?

Back 24

Machine politicians cultivated immigrant’s ethnic pride by defending him against nativist attacks.

Front 25

Prohibition was intertwined with what?

Back 25

Prohibition was intertwined in the acrimony between rural and urban Americans, between Protestant and Catholics.

Front 26

Describe prohibition agents

Back 26

Prohibition agents were inept, corrupt and a public menace.

Front 27

Describe crime during prohibition

Back 27

Murder rose each year in Chicago during probation

Front 28

Describe changes in the rank of gangsters during prohibition compared to before prohibition.

Back 28

Gangsters were at the bottom of the criminal chain until prohibition, and then they were at the top.

Front 29

Before prohibition, political bosses acted as --- what?

Back 29

Before prohibition, political bosses acted as a patron for the vice entrepreneurs and gangs.

Front 30

What major event happened in 1934?

Back 30

In 1934, Johnny Torrio presided over a meeting of major gang leaders held at a New York hotel. They organized a new syndicate.

Front 31

Staff killers were from where, known as what?

Back 31

Staff killers, the boys from Brooklyn, became murder inc.

Front 32

What year did the Kefauver committee happen?

Back 32

1950, Senator Kefauver of Tennessee recognized crime as a political issue.

Front 33

Who chaired the special committee to investigate organized crime?

Back 33

Kefauver chaired the Special Committee to Investigate Organized Crime.

Front 34

What did the Kefauver committee conclude?

Back 34

The Kefauver committee concluded that the Mafia is ‘the shadowy international organization that lurks behind much of America’s organized criminal activity.”

Front 35

What did the Kefauver committee wrongly do?

Back 35

The Kefauver committee wrongly equated Italians with organized crime.

Front 36

The Mafia is the only O.C. Group to do what?

Back 36

The Mafia is the only OC group to control labor unions, organize cartels, and operate as a rationalizing force in major industry and bridge the upper and underworlds.

Front 37

When was the biggest immigration of Italians and from what region?

Back 37

From 1891 to 1920 4 million Italians from the Mezzogiorno came to the U.S.

Front 38

Every major Italian American OC figure came from where?

Back 38

Every major Italian American OC figure came from the Mezzogiorno.

Front 39

The old _______ use to get together in a _____.

Back 39

The old Sicilian ‘moustaches’ used to get together in a Unione Siciliana.

Front 40

By _____ there were two Mafia factions.

They were ____ and ______

Back 40

By 1930 there were two Mafia factions in New York, Masseria and Maranzano.

Front 41

The leaders of the ------- and ------ were murdered. The new guys had defeated the -------.

Back 41

The leaders of the Masseria and Maranzo were murdered. The new guys had defeated the moustaches.

Front 42

------- became the most important Mafia figure in New York after the Castellammarese war

Back 42

Luciano became the most important Mafia figure in New York.

Front 43

Following the Castellammarese War, 5 families emerged, name them.

Back 43

Following the Castellammarese War, 5 families emerged, Bonnano, Colombo, Gambino, Genovese, Lucchese.

Front 44

name counterparts

Boss=

Underboss=

counselor=

Back 44

Boss=paterfamilias, Underboss=sottocapo, counselor=consigliere.

Front 45

Crime bosses are linked into ---

that does what?

Back 45

Crime bosses are linked into The Commission that regulates and facilities relationships between the families, resolves disputes, authorizes execution of family members.

Front 46

Name a quality of The structure of the New York Mafia Families

Back 46

The structure of the New York Mafia Families is only loosely coupled to its criminal activities.

Front 47

The “Outfit” in Chiciago is distinctive in what?

Back 47

The “Outfit” in Chiciago is distinctive in its ethnic diversity.

Front 48

---------, gambling boss of Chicago, backed winning mayor candidate.

Back 48

Mike McDonald, gambling boss of Chicago, backed winning mayor candidate.

Front 49

How did Mike McDonald have power?

Back 49

Mike McDonald controlled mayors, congress and senators.

Front 50

---------- and ------- inherited Mike McDonald’s political empire. They were Lords of the Levee in the First Ward.

Back 50

Hinky Dink Kenna and Bathouse Coughlin inherited Mike McDonald’s political empire. They were Lords of the Levee in the First Ward.

Front 51

Boodles were what?

Back 51

Boodles were schemes through which city privileges were sold.

Front 52

------- was politically powerful during Thompson’s mayoralty.

Back 52

Jim Colosimo was politically powerful during Thompson’s mayoralty. Called diamond Jim.He brought Johnny Torrio to Chicago for protection against the Black Hand.

Front 53

how did Al Capone end up in Chicago?

Back 53

Torrio’s partner in New York, Frankie Yale, sent Al Capone to Chicago to get him out of New York.

Front 54

------- was a master --------

Back 54

Torrio was a master strategist and organizer

Front 55

Why was Diamond Jim shot?

Back 55

Diamond Jim was shot because he wanted to stay out of bootlegging.

Front 56

Chicago wars were between (two people) syndicate and (person.) Ended in 1929 with Valentine’s Day massacre.

Back 56

Chicago wars were between Torrio-Cabone syndicate and O’Banion. Ended in 1929 with Valentine’s Day massacre.

Front 57

The outfit was who

Back 57

The outfit was Al Capone, Ralph Capone, Nittii, Jake Guzik. It had a monopoly in Chicago.

Front 58

who fled to mexico

Back 58

Sam Gianacana, violently took over black numbers operation, fled to Mexico, shot at home.

Front 59

Chicago differs from New York in that the outfit how

Back 59

Chicago differs from New York in that the outfit has always cooperated with other groups.