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GANGSTERISM IN AMERICA

GANGSTERISM IN AMERICA. Prohibition in the 1920s History in Film. The Noble Experiment: The 18 th Amendment. Importing, exporting, and manufacturing Crime rate Social problems Tax burdens on prisons and poorhouses. Enforcement of the Volstead Act. Beefing up of the federal police force

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GANGSTERISM IN AMERICA

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  1. GANGSTERISM IN AMERICA Prohibition in the 1920s History in Film

  2. The Noble Experiment: The 18th Amendment • Importing, exporting, and manufacturing • Crime rate • Social problems • Tax burdens on prisons and poorhouses

  3. Enforcement of the Volstead Act • Beefing up of the federal police force • FBI (G-Men) • Treasury (T-Men)

  4. Creation of Organized Crime • Vocabulary • Speakeasies • Bootlegging • Hooch • Hip Flask • Flapper • Other slang

  5. Rival Gangs: “going to the mattresses” • Al Capone (Scarface) • “Purple Gang • “Southside Gang • “Shelton Gang” • “Five Pointers” • “Lucky Luciano (The “Syndicate”) • Bugsy Siegel • Meyer Lansky • Salvatore Marranzano (“Little Caesar”)

  6. The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre • Al Capone comes to power, 1929 • “Bugs” Moran (North side gang) • Clark Street Garage • “Egan’s Rats” • Dressed as policemen • “Tommy” guns

  7. 78% Increase in Crime • Role of the immigrant • Irish • Jews • Italians • The Middle Class • Flappers

  8. Contemporary Gangs • “Ink”, “Tats” • Hispanic Gangs • Surenos vs. Nortenos • La Grand Raza, La Gran Familia • Folk Nation • Locos, Chicano Force, Barrio 13 Chicos, MS 13 • Asian Gangs • Asian Boyz, Pinoy Boyz Gang, Seoul Boyz, Cambodian Boyz, White Dragon • Eastern European Gangs • Phishing Gang, Red Mob, Russian Mafia • White Supremist Gangs • Hell’s Angels, Aryan Brotherhood, KKK, War Skins • Black Gangs • Bloods, Crips, • Black Gangster Disciples, Ghetto Boyz, Black Guerilla Family

  9. “Ink”, “Tat”, “Carving”, “Pounding Skin”, “Grinding”

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