Crime was Al Capone’s life, he ate it, slept it and drank it. He owned and worked

speakeasies, bookie joints, gambling houses, horse and race tracks, night clubs, distilleries, and breweries from 1925-1930, and had an annual income of one-hundred million dollars (Al 2). He got his nickname, Scarface, for insulting a woman at the bar he worked at. Her brother attacked Capone with a knife, leaving a scar across his left cheek. Capone had been involved in many

massacres. One of the most famous massacres in history, the St. Valentines Day Massacre, was planed by one of Capone’s closest friends, McGurn. McGurn and his men planned a staged police raid to kill antagonist Bugs Morgan. Seven of Morgan’s men were shot and killed. In 1925, a rival gangster (Lonergan) and his men were killed in the Adonis Club massacre in 1925. Lastly, in 1929 two Sicilian colleagues gave Capone problems with his businesses. He invited

and drug dealers today live an “Al Capone lifestyle” (Bardsley 34-35). Today, income tax laws are used to punish political enemies like Capone. Al Capone’s legacy left lots of thoughts in the minds of Americans (Murray 351-352).

With Capone’s help the twenties and thirties were a time of ‘fun’ in America. Gambling joints and speakeasies added spice to daily life. After the U.S. had dealt with the Capone Legacy, they already had other matters on their hands. Now that prohibition had been repealed on the horizon was a new era of even more challenges.

Al Capone made a large impact on society in the twenties and thirties. If you ask anyone on the st

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