*Organized+Crime+in+the+1920s-+Al+Capone

**__Guiding Questions ( to be addressed in this page):__**
 * How and why did the United States see a rise in organized crime during the 1920s?
 * What was the Prohibition and __how__ was it connected to organized crime?
 * Who was Al Capone?

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 * Al Capone ran many illegal businesses including bootlegging, gambling, prostitution, and murders. There were many gangs in the world of organized crime and Al Capone's was at the top. Al Capone was the most infamous gangster in the 1920's. Being a highly know and revered gangster was a big business. Money was made fast and very easily**.


 * [[image:http://www.albany.edu/~wm731882/caponeheadline.jpg width="432" height="279"]]
 * **The following are statistics detailing how much worse crime got:**
 * **Police funding: INCREASED $11.4 Million**
 * **Arrests for Prohibition Las Violations: INCREASED 102+%**
 * **Arrests for Drunkenness and Disorderly Conduct: INCREASED 41%**
 * **Arrests of Drunken Drivers: INCREASED 81%**
 * **Thefts and Burglaries: INCREASED 9%**
 * **Homicides, Assault, and Battery: INCREASED 13%**
 * **Number of Federal Convicts: INCREASED 561%**
 * **Federal Prison Population: INCREASED 366%**
 * **Total Federal Expenditures on Penal Institutions: INCREASED 1,000%**

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 * 1) ======[[image:http://www.chicagohs.org/history/capone/gif/leavgcrt.jpg width="225" height="264" align="right" caption="Capone leaving court during his 1931 trial for tax evasion."]]======