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Fish Chiu
The Chicago Outfit and the Government The Roaring 20s was a pivotal point from old world to new. The industrial Revolution widened economic gaps between classes and reflected social issues during the economic depression in the prohibition era, era when the mobsters thrived and dominated the corrupt government. The Chicago Outfit took advantage and control of the corrupt political system in Chicago during the Prohibition Era due to the establishment of the 18th Amendment which illustrated the growing power of mobsters in the roaring 20s. The power of The Chicago Outfit reflected the lack of social harmony and created political controversies that made The Chicago Outfit the definition of Chicago Culture. Big names like Johnny Torrio, Big Jim Colosimo, Tony Accardo, and Al Capone comes to mind when talking about gagsters in the 20s. All of them were leaders in The Outfit, they influenced many different aspect of gang’s presentation, individually, in different time periods. The Outfit, the …show more content…
The emergence of hit-and-run and drive by shootings appeared regularly. Often times people had been shot or stabbed to death during a fight over the illegal alcohol. The Volstead Act, passed to enforce the Eighteenth Amendment, had an immediate impact on crime. According to a the statistics, the number of crimes increased 24 percent between 1920 and 1921. Along with organized crime came an increase in violence in society. In 1928 Chicago witnessed one the the most gruesome attacks done by the Chicago Outfit. The Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre was a slaughter of seven rival gang members who were lured into a underground office and killed by two disguised polices, shot with more than 200 bullets. The Saint Valentines Massacre demonstrated excessive violence executed by The Outfit. During the 20s in Chicago, people love alcohol and Al capone was making a killing by providing
Fish Chiu
The Chicago Outfit and the Government The Roaring 20s was a pivotal point from old world to new. The industrial Revolution widened economic gaps between classes and reflected social issues during the economic depression in the prohibition era, era when the mobsters thrived and dominated the corrupt government. The Chicago Outfit took advantage and control of the corrupt political system in Chicago during the Prohibition Era due to the establishment of the 18th Amendment which illustrated the growing power of mobsters in the roaring 20s. The power of The Chicago Outfit reflected the lack of social harmony and created political controversies that made The Chicago Outfit the definition of Chicago Culture. Big names like Johnny Torrio, Big Jim Colosimo, Tony Accardo, and Al Capone comes to mind when talking about gagsters in the 20s. All of them were leaders in The Outfit, they influenced many different aspect of gang’s presentation, individually, in different time periods. The Outfit, the …show more content…
The emergence of hit-and-run and drive by shootings appeared regularly. Often times people had been shot or stabbed to death during a fight over the illegal alcohol. The Volstead Act, passed to enforce the Eighteenth Amendment, had an immediate impact on crime. According to a the statistics, the number of crimes increased 24 percent between 1920 and 1921. Along with organized crime came an increase in violence in society. In 1928 Chicago witnessed one the the most gruesome attacks done by the Chicago Outfit. The Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre was a slaughter of seven rival gang members who were lured into a underground office and killed by two disguised polices, shot with more than 200 bullets. The Saint Valentines Massacre demonstrated excessive violence executed by The Outfit. During the 20s in Chicago, people love alcohol and Al capone was making a killing by providing