1. Al “Scarface” Capone

2. Reflective Question Do you think Al Capone would have been such a successful gangster if there wasn’t Prohibition?

3.  Born in Brooklyn, son of Italian Immigrants  Lived in a tenement, dad was a barber  Faced prejudice being Italian  School, got in a fight in 6 th grade with his teacher, no more formal education  Started to run with gangs  Scarface or Snorky Early Life

4. Johnny Torrio  So you want to be a gangster?  Al was a messenger for him  Taught corporate structure and peace-loving

5. Frankie Yale  business built on brutality  Muscle and aggression

6. Capone tries to leave the ganglife  had a kid Albert Francis “Sonny” Capone  Marriage to Mae Coughlin 21 and he was 19  Tried a career as a bookkeeper in Baltimore  resumed his relationship with Johnny Torrio 1920

7. Begin to take control of Chicago Torrio, Yale and Capone take out Big Jim Big Jim Colosimo

8.  Chicago  Perfect place for the Mob  Managed 4 speakeasies  Focused on Cicero  Age 24  Expand his territory

9. Capone in charge Murder attempt on Torrio Torrio retires, Capone takes over Headquarters to Metropole Hotel Take out Frankie Yale- July 1, 1928 Don’t cross Capone- video clip

10. Needs to take out his competition Took out Dion O’Banion Florist

11. Beer Wars Moran and the Northside Gang St. Valentine’s Day Massacre Now to get rid of Bugs Moran Feb. 14, 1929

12. Capone’s Wealth Hotel- $1,500 a day Fortune est. $50- 60 million 11- carat diamond pinky ring Bulletproof car $30,000 Estate in Florida $500,000 Never carried less than $50,000 in cash

13. Downfall a Capone Eliot Ness  tax evasion, 11 years in prison Died Jan. 25, 1947 of cardiac arrest, syphilis

14. Famous Quotes by Capone You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone. Vote early and vote often. Prohibition has made nothing but trouble. Now I know why tigers eat their young. I have built my organization upon fear. I am like any other man. All I do is supply a demand.

15. Reflective Question Do you think Al Capone would have been such a successful gangster if there wasn’t Prohibition?