https://padlet.com/sd54/li3i23gpszrf en-us 2017-12-19 14:58:37 UTC 2024-03-26 19:00:54 UTC hello@padlet.com 131923 https://padlet.com/sd54/li3i23gpszrf/wish/217709636 Al Capone was born in Brooklyn in New York City on January 17, 1899. He was born into a poor family that came to America seeking a better life, the Capones and their eight children lived a typical immigrant lifestyle in a New York tenement.]]> 2017-12-21 14:30:23 UTC https://padlet.com/sd54/li3i23gpszrf/wish/217709636 131923 https://padlet.com/sd54/li3i23gpszrf/wish/217712553 In 1920 during the Prohibition Era, Capone’s Chicago operation in bootlegging and gambling dominated. Capone was responsible for many acts of violence, against other gangsters. One of these was the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre in 1929, in which he ordered the killing of seven rival gang members.]]> 2017-12-21 14:39:57 UTC https://padlet.com/sd54/li3i23gpszrf/wish/217712553 131923 https://padlet.com/sd54/li3i23gpszrf/wish/217712862 He was a Five Points Gang member. In his early twenties, he moved to Chicago and became a bodyguard for Johnny Torrio, head of a criminal organization that illegally supplied alcohol. Torrio went into retirement after North Side gunmen almost killed him, handing control to Capone. Capone expanded the bootlegging business through his mutually profitable relationships with mayor William Hale Thompson.]]> 2017-12-21 14:41:10 UTC https://padlet.com/sd54/li3i23gpszrf/wish/217712862