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_____________ broke out between New York City’s two biggest Italian-American criminal gangs

A

Castellammerese War

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2
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Crime boss _____________ crowned boss of all bosses

A

Salvatore Maranzano

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3
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___________ had Salvatore Maranzano murdered

A

Lucky Luciano

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4
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Lucky Luciano Organizes the Commission

____ families

A

20

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5
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After Prohibition ________ move into other activities

A

Mafia

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Charles Luciano was born in ______ and moved to NYC

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Sicily

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7
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Charles Luciano started crime at an early age

He started a _______

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racket

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8
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Charles Luciano Joined a gang- Accused of several murders, ________ convicted

A

never

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9
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Charles Luciano

Late 1920’s,-chief aide to ______________

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Giuseppe “Joe the Boss” Masseria

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10
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Charles Luciano

Against:

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Old World Mafia ideals of respect, loyalty and honor

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Charles Luciano

In 1931- eliminated the remaining Sicilian mafia and started ___________

A

“American Mafia”

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12
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Who was a Jewish mobster?

A

Meyer Lansky

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13
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Meyer Lansky was known as “____________”

A

“Mob banker”

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14
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Meyer Lansky

__________ character in the Godfather

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Hyman Roth

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15
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Who quit 6th grade?

A

Al Capone

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16
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Who was Al Capone’s boss?

A

Jonny Torrio

17
Q

Al Capone

1925 Chicago mob boss after _________________

A

assassination attempt on his boss

18
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Al Capone was known as __________

A

“Scarface”

19
Q

Who went to Alcatraz?

A

Al Capone

20
Q

When was the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre?

A

February 14, 1929

21
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What was St. Valentine’s Day massacre

A

Murder of 6 mobsters and a mechanic of the North Side Irish gang led by Bugs Moran

22
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What was the struggle of the St. Valentine’s Day massacre?

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Struggle- Irish American gang and the South Side Italian gang (Al Capone)- for control of organized crime in Chicago

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As organized crime syndicates grew throughout the Prohibition era, territorial disputes often transformed America’s cities into violent battle grounds. _______________________ consequently between 1920 and 1933.

A

Homicides, burglaries, and assaults

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