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    Al Capone is arguably one of the most notorious and popular gangsters in American crime history. However, Capone is more than the classical gangster stereotype he is so often associated with. Capone was an intelligent criminal that used the environment of America at the time in order to rise to the peak of leadership and power amongst his community of Chicago. Capone’s criminal activities during his reign made impacts on American culture and the United State’s legal system that have lasted to this

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    Alphonse Gabriel Capone also known as “Al Capone” was an American gangster, born in Brooklyn New York on January 17 1899. His parent were immigrants from Italy, his father was a barber and his mother a seamstress. Al Capone had seven brothers, and two sisters. Capone went to a catholic school, but had behavioral issues. He was expelled from school at the age of fourteen for punching a female teacher in the face. Capone’s family was very involved in criminal activity, his two older brothers and step

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    out from all the others making a significant impact on American history. Scarface, Alphonse Capone or more commonly known as Al Capone; who was the most infamous gangster, taking advantage of the era of Prohibition, ran an organized crime association in Chicago during the 1920s. He was responsible for over 500 murders; he had 700 men under his control and earned $60 million a year for bootlegging. Capone, who was glamorised in media and shown as charitable to the helpless was also controlling and

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    Prohibition Era, Al Capone was an extremely powerful gangster that ran Chicago’s underground. At his pinnacle, he led uncountable brothels and speakeasies in which he and his syndicate could manage their various criminal acts, of which included illicit gambling, prostitution, and the sale of alcohol, which of course was illegal at this time and thus how he made the majority of his money. While exact numbers are not available, it is estimated that while at the peak of his power, Capone had brought in

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    Chief gangster Al Capone used violence, intimidation, and manipulation to shape the identities of the citizens in Chicago IL. Capone was capable of doing what needed to be done, he wouldn’t stop for anything. Capone would use strategies such as violence to get whatever he wanted and needed, and at the end he would always get it. Al Capone was known for usually gunning down all his enemies, by 1929, authorities counted about six-teen gang-related murders; this brand continued

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    look at the top ten famous family feuds and pick one of the family feuds that you wanted to do.I picked the 2nd famous one which is Al Capone and Bugs Moran because I thought that there family feud was similar to mine and it seemed very interesting and dark.In the body I am gonna talk about the cause of the family feuds,the outcome,and who was affected. Al Capone and Bugs Moran were friends from the start but they decided they needed to take their friendship to another level which was to make their

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    things have been going on for years, America has had many famous mobsters. Chicago has had many gangsters who have influenced gang ways, Al Capone is an often used and a outstanding example of one that has shaped Chicago gang life and ways. Al Capone was strained when he was young. He contrived Chicago when he was here, he even affected us at his end. Al Capone was strained when he was young. In 1893 Capone’s parents, Gabriel and Teresa moved from Naples to Brooklyn in hopes of a better life

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    killed in a warehouse loading zone in Chicago, USA climaxing a huge rivalry between the North Side Gang and Al Capone’s. Capone was one of the most dominant and well-known gangsters during the Prohibition Era, ranging between 1920 and 1933. Prohibition in Chicago was huge, many people wanted to go out for a drink and have a good time after work but the 18th amendment said otherwise. Capone thought he could take this situation into his own hands by bootlegging beer and liquor throughout Chicago, but

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    In Al Capone Does My Shirts, by Gennifer Choldenko, one possible reason that Natalie got into the Esther P. Marinoff is that Al Capone somehow convinced Mr. Purdy to let her in. In chapter 38, Moose writes a letter to Al Capone that says, “She needs to be in a school to help her, but they won’t let her in. It’s the Esther P. Marinoff School in San Francisco. Could you help?” (209) Also, in chapter 40, Moose finds a note in his shirt. “Inside is one word scribbled hastily in pencil and underlined

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    violate the prohibition law--sure, who doesn’t?” Al Capone admitted to a reporter for the world to hear. But not everyone who violated prohibition was quite like Al Capone, a gangster who built his massive empire upon bootlegging, and gambling in Chicago. Bringing in close to 95 million dollars a year, Al Capone was notorious for being public enemy number one. Most gangsters were born into impoverished backgrounds, but this was not the case for Capone. He was in fact from a respectable and law-abiding

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