James Vincenzo Capone

The Progressive era was a time where thinkers, like Theodore Roosevelt, wanted to better the United States. One of the ideas of these progressive thinkers was to ban alcohol, which led to prohibition and the 18th amendment. The 18th amendment prohibited the transportation, manufacture, and sale of alcohol. This amendment was passed by congress in December 1917 and ratified in January 1919, but didn’t go into effect until January 20th, 1920. After the 18th amendment was ratified, the Volstead…

Finally, Gatsby is known to be a bootlegger which means a person who makes alcoholic liquor unlawfully made, sold, or transported, without registration or payment of taxes. Gatsby makes millions off of selling liquor during the prohibition. The prohibition was to keep alcoholic illegal during the 1920’s although people made it seem that it was a need and they would buy it , and take the risk of going to jail. The Roaring 20’s was a time of risk and change along with illegal booze. In the…

year 1924, a storm of violence between the Italian-Sicilian mob led by Al Capone and the Irish-Jewish mob led by Dion O'Banion. O'Banion was later shot dead by four people in his flower shop on North State Street (1). At O'Banion's funeral, he received a basket of roses with a note saying "From Al". This event led to a new peace treaty in 1926 by the leading gangsters. Unfortunately, this treaty did not hold due to Al Capone, who was determined to take control of the city of Chicago and become…

With a yard full of weeds, a lawnmower may seem like a quick and easy solution: it would cut the weeds down and trim the grass at the same time. However, mowing over garden weeds actually makes the problem worse; the roots of the weed remain in the Earth, only to grow back faster and stronger than before. At the same time, after the lawnmower glides across the yard and trims down the weeds, it spits the remains out to the side, which actually just spreads weed seeds, causing even more weeds to…

During the Second Great Awakening, many social reforms took place, such as the ones for women’s rights, education, and prisons. The temperance movement, or the social movement against the consumption of alcoholic beverages, was also one of the many social movements that took place during this time. The temperance movement failed to have a positive lasting effect on the United States because it did not cause significant change, did not effectively stop the societal problems of its time, and…

One of the most well-known and infamous organized crime families in the history of the United States is the Bonanno crime family. The Bonanno Italian mafia crime family’s origins go back to the beginning, in Sicily. In 1908 Salvatore Bonanno moved his family to New York. There he quickly took over the Bonanno-Magaddino-Bonventre clan and ran all business in the neighborhood of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Later he returned to Sicily and died of a heart attack in 1915. The clan went through several…

The Jungle and The Grapes of Wrath share a common theme of corruption. In The Jungle, you see a version of trickle down corruption. Corruption was found from the top political bosses trickling down to the small businesses. This made it close to impossible for a poor man to have a chance in Packingtown. The Grapes of Wrath was morally corrupt. People, such as the used car salesman, willingly took advantage of the farmers trying to get to California to benefit themselves. In Chapter 25 of The…

Then comes a man named Al Capone. He was the most infamous bootlegger of this time. He was able to build his huge empire by selling alcohol alone. Although he was such a huge empire, law enforcement could never find him until 1931.“Smuggling on a large scale could not be prevented…

Criminals Put in jail in 1931 and released after 6 1/2 years, this was Al Capone's fate. Al Capone is one of the worlds' most famous gangsters. At a young age he started to show violent tendencies and was anti social. He then moved into severe criminal history. He started to avoid the police until one day The police capturing Al Capone someone found him. Al Capone was arrested on October 6, 1931. Capone avoided prosecution until one agent created a plan which resulted into his arrest. This…

The scene is 1920 and prohibition just went into effect, police and protesters are storming the streets searching for every last drop of alcohol, in another town illegal bootleggers, such as the mafia, are gathering up 100 gallons of illegal whiskey to sell to the public at the highest cost its ever been. These were the kind of scenes that played out in towns all over America, in the height of the Prohibition era, the steaks were high, but the payout of illegal booze was higher. Its a far cry…