By: Dominick H, Derek F, David S

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Prohibition
Crime
Scandals

• By Dominick H, Derek F, David S

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Prohibition

• Prohibition started on January 16, 1920.
• Prohibition was a law that banned any form of
  alcohol.
• It was started because there were too many
  injuries in the work place caused by drinking
  alcohol.
• Also children underage were drinking!

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Al Capone

• Al Capone was born on January 17, 1899.
• He was born in Brooklyn from two Italian
  Immigrants.
• In 6th grade he beat his teacher.
• Al joined a street gang led by Johnny Torrio and
  Lucky Luciano.
• On May 11, 1920 Torrio had Big Jim Colosimo
  killed by Capone, Capone then became the manager
  of alcohol for the city.
• 1925 Torrio stepped down from the head spot of
  the Chicago Mafia after becoming seriously
  injured in an assassination attempt, and Al
  Capone took over.

• Top Al Capones Mug Shot
• Left Al Capone with his mom, Teresina Capone

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Al Capone More Info.

• Capone had over half of the Chicago police force
  under his payroll.
• February 14, 1929 the St. Valentine Day Massacre
  occurred.
• Eddie OHare told the IRS where they could find
  Al Capones financial records.
• November 24 Capone was sentenced to 11 years in
  prison.
• Capone was also charged 50000 in fines, 7692 in
  court costs, and 215000 in back taxes.
• Capone was released from prison in 1939.
• Al Capone died of heart failure on January 25,
  1947.
• But before he died he killed Eddie OHare!

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St. Valentine's Day Massacre

• Took place on February 14, 1929
• Was a mob fight over alcohol smuggling.
• Took place in a warehouse on the north side of
  Detroit.
• The fight was between Al Capones mob and George
  Morgans Mob
• The death toll came up to seven people.
• The St. Valentines Day Massacre was Capones
  revenge for Morgan shooting down Pasquillano
  Lolordo.
• Capone was at his estate in Miami when it all
  happened, and had this order called in.
• This whole event was planned out by Capone.

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1919 World Series Scandal

• There was no one single mastermind behind the
  fix.
• William Thomas Burner and Billy Marharg were the
  two behind it.
• William was a major league pitcher with
  connections to the players.
• Billy was a gambler with the underground
  connections.
• Players included in the fix were Lefty Williams,
  Happy Felsch, Swede Risberg, Buck Weaver, Fred
  McMullin, and Shoeless Joe Jackson.
• Burner and Marharg paid the players 100,000 to
  split among themselves.
• After being caught through the whole fix the team
  was known as The Black Sox instead of the White
  Sox for throwing the game.

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Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle

• Arbuckle was a long time performer.
• Arbuckle was a famous comedian.
• Fatty weighed about 250 to 300 pounds.
• Fatty was at the party to celebrate his three
  year contract with Paramount for 1 million.
• Stories say that Fatty savagely rapped Virginia
  Rappe at a party and his body weight killed her.
• Arbuckle claims that she wasnt feeling well so
  he took her to a room and went back to the party.
• The juries found little evidence of Fatty being
  connected to her death, but was still arrested
  with the murder of Virginia Rappe.

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In Loving Memory Of
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• The KKK stands for Ku Klux Klan.
• The KKK started after the Civil War by White
  Southerners.
• They were angry because the African Americans won
  their freedom.
• The head of the group is called Grand Cyclops.
• Everyone else was called a Ghoul.
• As the years went by the Klan got weaker and
  weaker because African Americans were getting
  stronger along with the police force.

KKK
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Works Sited Page

• http//history1900s.about.com/od/famouscrimesscand
  als/a/fattyarbuckle.htm
• http//www.angelfire.com/co/pscst/capone.html
• http//www.montgomerycollege.edu/Departments/hpols
  crv/blacksox.htm
• http//www.prairieghosts.com/valentine.html
• http//images.google.com/imghp?ieUTF-8hlentab
  wi
• www.kkk.com
• Mr. VanHise History 2 Class