Al Capone

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    Probation Gangster There are almost always two sides to things like with probation.The action of forbidding something, especially by law which was the The 18th Amendment.prohibition fights started in 1920 tell 1933. Volstead Act failed to prevent the large-scale distribution of alcoholic beverages, and organized crime flourished in America. In 1933, the 21st Amendment to the Constitution was passed and ratified, repealing prohibition. The police side of the prohibition was not a very great…

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    There are many fires around Chicago, but one of the most popular fire is THE CHICAGO FIRE is the biggest fire in Chicago. They say that the fire started at the o'Learys barn but who did it actually . Luis M Cohn was a heavy drinker and gambler. He gambled with the o learys sons. He turned over $35,000 to a school to say that the O'Learys was a fake. The O'learys had a son that was a part of the cause of the fire. To this day scientists don't know what cause the fire but they know that it happen…

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    Chicago is home to two major things: big pizza and big traffic. When Capone was active in it though, it was known for a third thing, big amounts of gang crime! Capone is one of the recognized figures of gangland history. Throughout the early 1900s, he managed to run an entire crime syndicate and never got caught doing it. This was because Capone knew how to operate without getting his hands dirty, which can be found in how he operated himself, how he operated using the legal system, how he…

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    a. Attention Getter: He was one of the world's wealthiest person, most powerful and most violent criminal. b. Background & Audience Relevance: His name was Pablo Escobar. He became one of the world's biggest drug traffickers, the reason why is because as a kid Pablo was always driven and had the ambition to raise himself up from his humble beginnings. And became this drug trafficker in the 1970’s in Columbia. The reason I decided to do my speech on Pablo Escobar is because he is an important…

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    Known for his notorious drug trades, violent attitude, drug influenced mood swings, and vigorous urge for revenge, Antonio Raimundo was a lonely leader of the American drug trafficking industry. Relatively recognized for his clever drug trades that lead him from being once poor to being one of the most wealthiest men in New York City. Antonio Raimundo was the gateway for the up coming drug dealers like El Chapo after he was killed and exposed for the large amount of money and drugs he had…

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    During the decade of the 1920s, the question of whether or not the U.S Government was acting with the best interest of its citizens was brought to light. America returned to isolationism in hopes of fixing domestic problems but, the U.S. focused on the wrong problems (the smaller issues). One action that was put into place by the American government was the Volstead Act, this act halted the government-initiated production of liquor throughout the whole country. Other government operations during…

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    There was a time, maybe a couple of years ago now, when the name 'Nino Marchesi' could have been heard in the Gilded Cage. Not up in the front of the house, of course, where Vinnie's beloved girl sang her songs and customers put out hard-earned dollars that would end up in the coffers of the mob. No. Instead Nino's name was reserved for the back rooms and only a select few lips. Vinnie would light up a nice, fat cigar and take a few puffs on it while letting the smoke drift around under the…

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    The name of a famous and glorious photographer would be Robert Capa. This famous photographer was not only known by the name Robert Capa, but also by the name that he had originally been given was Endre Erno Friedmann. The reason why he was known by another name was because he realized that he would earn more money at the time if he made his name sound more like a rich American rather than a poor man that was from Hungary. Robert Capa’s nationality was Hungarian but he eventually became an…

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    After reading the book Al Capone Does My Shirts, I have evaluated on how Moose treats people. One way one can see how Moose treats people is with his sister Natalie. He treats her differently because she has autism. ‘“Moose and Natalie go to school,” she says. “Yep, but not the same school, remember? You’re going to this nice place called Esther P. Marinoff.”’ (Choldenko 5). The school is for special people like Natalie. Moose also does not her anywhere near the warden's daughter Piper. The…

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    What do Al Capone, Jesse James, and Ted Bundy all have in common with each other? All these men are infamous criminals in the United States. However, Capone, James, and Bundy each have different reasoning for their actions, but one common pretense aligns them together, desperation for a self-fulling life. Capone was originally poor and became a gangster to provide for himself and a family; James was inspired to loot because of the disorganization of the South and the effects onto the West;…

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