Organised crime (AQA GCSE History): Flashcards
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Decade when organised crime boomed during Prohibition
Decade when organised crime boomed during Prohibition
1920s
What Prohibition created for criminal organisations
What Prohibition created for criminal organisations
Huge opportunities to profit from illegal activities
Italian population in NYC by 1910
Italian population in NYC by 1910
Approximately 500,000
Year Mussolini became PM & launched anti-Mafia campaign
Year Mussolini became PM & launched anti-Mafia campaign
1922
Definition of omerta
Definition of omerta
Code of silence & secrecy used by Mafia
Capone's weekly earnings at height of power
Capone's weekly earnings at height of power
$8 million per week
Year Al Capone moved to Chicago
Year Al Capone moved to Chicago
1919
Year Capone took control of Chicago Outfit
Year Capone took control of Chicago Outfit
1925
Date of St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Date of St. Valentine's Day Massacre
February 14, 1929
Number killed in St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Number killed in St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Seven members of Moran's gang
Crime Al Capone was convicted for
Crime Al Capone was convicted for
Tax evasion
Length of Capone's prison sentence
Length of Capone's prison sentence
11 years
Year Prohibition ended
Year Prohibition ended
1933
Activities crime groups shifted to after Prohibition
Activities crime groups shifted to after Prohibition
Drug trafficking, illegal gambling, racketeering
Legitimate industries infiltrated by organised crime
Legitimate industries infiltrated by organised crime
Construction, entertainment, hospitality