James Vincenzo Capone

In the introduction of Reefer Madness by Eric Schlosser, he explains how the black market, also known as the underground, has been growing in not only the United States but also in many other countries over the last forty years. When most people think about the black market they automatically think of a gangster who is smuggling guns, immigrants, and drugs. What most don't realize is, even when a bartender gets tipped in cash and doesn't report it in their taxes, thats tax evading. The reason…

Don’t we all want a perfect life? Drive the fastest cars, own the latest fashions, having the newest of the new. That is what we all do. We try our hardest to be better or just like everyone else in life. But in reality are our lives really better? I won’t be too quick to admit it but I am the same way. If I were to have to decide between being optimistic or pessimistic on how my life will turn out I am not too entirely sure what I would say. You never know what will happen till it happens.…

Juaquin Archivaldo Guzman Loera, mostly know to the public as El Chapo which means shorty in english. Born on April 4th, 1957 in La Tuna, Badiraguato, Sinaloa, Mexico. He's mostly know for being the guy that escaped prison 2 times and maybe some just know his from his job which is peddling drugs to different countries, specially The United States of America. Most people think El Chapo is just a regular guy. But what they dont know is that he's actually a psychopath. In the psychopath test he…

Timeline 1920-1930 Political: 1. Prohibition 1918-1927 Women’s groups such as the Women’s Christian Temperance Union wanted to ban alcohol. They beloved that grain should not be used for alcohol instead it should be helping the soldiers feed. Furthermore, crime would be lowered, more production would happen and drinking alcohol was not considered religious. The farmers, churches, lodges, and merchant associations also agreed. The federal government made a decision in 1918 to…

packed era is what inspired my decision. But what primarily made me choose this topic was the infamous gamblers, smugglers, drug dealers, bootleggers, and the hit men. The well known mobsters who have integrated themselves into history. A few like Al Capone, Dion O'Banion, Charles Luciano, Meyer lansky, and Frank Nitti brought a new meaning to the word dangerous. Imagine life where the streets are full of predators, justice is stained in the hands of dirty cops, and to survive, one had to know…

way for Capone to join the bootlegging industry, and to gain the power he did. From a young age, Alphonse Capone started engaging in illegal activities. He only went to school until he was about 13 years old and dropped out of sixth grade after hitting his teacher. He then joined a famous gang owned by Johnny Torrio, the same man who later employed him in Chicago. The gang was known as the Five Points Gang They committed petty crimes such as stealing, but nothing as serious as what Capone…

I don’t know everything about my family background but I do know that my heritage is Irish and French. My paternal ancestors were also Irish and French and owned an alcohol distillery. Throughout the eighteen hundreds and nineteen hundreds, there have been many social policies that have impacted and changed the lives of numerous individuals; all from various different backgrounds. While some policies assisted in helping the disadvantaged populations, others took freedom, independence, and civil…

Al Capone, a Chicago crime boss, has the entire city in the palm of his hand and supplies illegal alcohol. He has strong relations with the government officials and the police force, influencing them greatly enough to not investigate his illegal practices. One strong member of the Treasury Department, Eliot Ness, believes it is his duty to uphold the law and bring Capone to justice. After his first raid bust, Ness seeks helps from Irish-American officer Jimmy Malone to help him catch Capone.…

production or selling of alcohol. Speakeasies are illegal hangouts where mostly men go to drink. The increase in gang violence and other crimes, like Al Capone, led to support from many people for Prohibition by the end of the roaring twenties. Al Capone was the most fierce gangster of the 1920s and possibly the most feared and successful of all time. Al Capone…

Given his interest in social reform, especially as it related to the unhealthy effects of drinking alcohol, it is little wonder that his first endeavors to help people at the police court were limited to reforming drunkards. Panzarella (2002) notes that it was his active involvement in and support of the temperance movement – rather than religion, enlightenment philosophy, or civic duty – that motivated Augustus’ work to help people who came before courts. A tool he began using early in his…