Al Capone

Organized crime was not so organized up until the 1920s. When the 1920s arrived, the American lifestyle changed dramatically. People started investing money in home appliances and automobiles, womens skirts became higher and drinking became very popular. Also, organized crime came to a rise in the 1920s. And in the high ranks of organized crime…

Al Capone is America’s best known gangster and the single greatest symbol of the collapse of law and order in the United States during the 1920s Prohibition era. Capone had a leading role in the illegal activities that lent Chicago its reputation as a lawless city. Capone was born on January 17, 1899, in Brooklyn,…

During the era of Capone, there were numerous mobsters who held power. Al Capone’s rise to prominence was facilitated by his associations with various bosses and his residence in a neighborhood that had multiple gangs run by mobsters. Eventually, he joined a gang led by Johnny Torrio, who aspired to become the top figure in…