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- 11: The 1920s: An Era of Transition and Tension
- ... do gooders. The Nativists tried to keep the control by enforcing acts to keep and preserve their America. The rebellers opened doors for organized crime to set in. For example, Al Capone and not to mention the Great Gatsby. The American society seemed to be changing rapidly, especially socially. Entertainment was just new and spectacular. People were flocking to the threatres, to ... wealth in the ever so prospering 1920's. The Harlem Renaissance was formed allowing many artists and performers to be prosperous. People like Josephine Baker, the King Olivers Jazz Band, Al Jolson,(that's another story in itself) and the ever so classical and talented Louis Armstrong were a part in this heightened decade. Like all goods things there was ...
- 12: The Effects of Alcohol on People
- ... This reseach paper will also tell what alcoholics and alcoholic beverages do to people that drink them some that do not even drink them. Alcohol comes from the Arabic word "al kuhul". Alcohol has been used since or before two thousand years before christ. Alcohol was used for a social beverage in earlier times because the Arabics and other earlier settlers ... the United States but there was a black market that keep alcohol alive during this period it was called boot legging. Boot legging was run by gangs and gangsters like Al Capone. ( History of Alcohol , page 2) In nineteen thirty three the act enforcing prohibition was repealed do to the fact that it did not work because the law enforcing was ...
- 13: Drug Prohibition
- ... unregulated contraband was more dangerous than it would have been. Alcohol Prohibition also created crime as Drug Prohibition does as we can see in the appearance of the mafias like Al Capone which turned Chicago into a city troubled with crime. The same cries for protection of rights were being heard as the FBI was seen as invading our rights. Our history ...
- 14: Is the US Policy on Drug Prohibition Effective?
- ... unregulated contraband was more dangerous than it would have been. Alcohol Prohibition also created crime as Drug Prohibition does as we can see in the appearance of the mafias like Al Capone which turned Chicago into a city troubled with crime. The same cries for protection of rights were being heard as the FBI was seen as invading our rights. Our history ...
- 15: “Smoke” The Prohibition!
- ... unregulated contraband was more dangerous than it would have been. Alcohol Prohibition also created crime as Drug Prohibition does as we can see in the appearance of the mafias like Al Capone which turned Chicago into a city troubled with crime. The same cries for protection of rights were being heard as the FBI was seen as invading our rights. Our history ...
- 16: Syphilis
- ... and the best way, abstinence. Introduction Syphilis, once a disease that caused millions of deaths, is almost nonexistant and almost 100% curable. Christopher columbus, the men of the Tuskegee experiment, Al Capone, all have suffered the ills of syphilis. Modern technology has rendered the sexually transmitted disease almost helpless. Conclusion Syphilis has plague the world for years and continues to find its ...
- 17: Alcatraz Island (The Prison)
- ... Island (The Prison) Alcatraz Island was opened from 1934 to 1963. At that time it was the last stop in the federal penitentiary pipeline. It housed famous criminals such as Al “Scar face” Capone, George “Machine Gun” Kelly, and Robert Stroud, “The Birdman of Alcatraz” (American Automobile Association 81). The warden, James Johnston, turned it into such a brutal place that even the most ...
- 18: The Godfather: Did The
- ... City and five bosses as they called them to lead. The five in New York would belong to a ruling body, like a council, including such Chicago mob bosses as Al Capone, and New York bosses like Joe Bonano. La Cosa Nostra as it was called "this thing of ours"(Roemer, 63). La Cosa Nostra was set up as the high ffb ...
- 19: Prohibition
- ... s work, into a criminal in the law's eyes. In The History of Prohibiton, a web site by J. McGrew, it states that Prohibiton also gave criminals, such as Al Capone, the opportunity to feed off the illegal substance. The organized crime circuit ate up Prohibition and began to boot leg alcohol. Local pharmacies and basements near the border became hubs ...
- 20: Money Laundering
- Money Laundering The word money laundering, according to the myth, is derived from Al Capone's practice of using a string of coin-operated launderettes in Chicago to disguise his revenues from gambling, prostitution and protection rackets. It's a nice story but not true ...
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