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The Evolution of Organized Crime: Urban Beginnings and Major Participants

2. The Irish Immigration The Political Machine (1830–1919)
The Tammany Hall Machine
Founded in 1789
Incorporated as a fraternal society in 1805
Aligned closely with the newly emerging Democratic Party
(Irish Immigration and Civil War)

3. The Irish Immigration The Pendergrast Political Machine
The Union Station Massacre

4. The Prohibition Era Known as the Noble Experiment Volstead Act
The Twenty-First Amendment ratified the Eighteenth Amendment in 1933

5. The Chicago Mob Al Capone (1899–1947) Capone's Move to Chicago
The Untouchables
Agent Elliott Ness
Sam Giancana (1908–1975)
Part of the Outfit
Chicago's Mob Boss

6. New York Mob Lucky Luciano and New York's New Order The Black Hand
Italian American Crime Boss in New York
The Black Hand
Never a formal organization with any kind of national or international ties
Criminal activities were not restricted to New York

7. New York Mob The Unione Siciliana
Fraternal organization to promote social events and provide life insurance for Sicilian immigrants in New York City

8. Other Notable Figures in New York
Arnold Rothstein (1882–1928)
Son of Jewish immigrants
Implicated in the Black Sox scandal
Dutch Schultz (1902–1932)
4th grade education
Biggest mistake – threatened to kill Dewey
Joseph Bonanno
Worked for Chicago's Al Capone

9. Other Notable Figures Carlo Gambino Paul Castellano John Gotti
Believed to be most powerful organized crime figure in New York
Arrested 16 times; went to jail for tax evasion
Paul Castellano
John Gotti
Known as the "Dapper Don"
Died in federal prison in 2002

10. The Philadelphia Crime Family
Philadelphia and the National Syndicate
La Cosa Nostra
National Commission
Appointing the boss of each family
Approving new La Cosa Nostra members
Settling disputes and acting as an interim boss in the absence of the family's boss
Holding hearings and taking votes on issues