gangs
- Created by: Helena Louise
- Created on: 11-06-17 16:26
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- Gangs in America
- Sold illegal alcohol in speakeasies
- Moonshine
- Bribed the judges so that they would not get convicted
- Prohibition was supposed to reduce crime but instead it raised them. The illegal alcohol sold was dangerous and unsafe to drink
- Al Capone was a lead gangster
- St Valentine's day massacre 1929 - Capone's gang shot 7 members of Bugs Moran's gang
- This was not a one off event because there was over 400 gang related killings in Chicago that year
- Shows how gangs fought over territory
- Earned $100,000 a year from beer sales alone
- Thought to have murdered more than 200 opponents
- St Valentine's day massacre 1929 - Capone's gang shot 7 members of Bugs Moran's gang
- Violent
- Broke the law
- Sold illegal alcohol in speakeasies
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