Extra Cred Quiz Flashcards
_____________ broke out between New York City’s two biggest Italian-American criminal gangs
Castellammerese War
Crime boss _____________ crowned boss of all bosses
Salvatore Maranzano
___________ had Salvatore Maranzano murdered
Lucky Luciano
Lucky Luciano Organizes the Commission
____ families
20
After Prohibition ________ move into other activities
Mafia
Charles Luciano was born in ______ and moved to NYC
Sicily
Charles Luciano started crime at an early age
He started a _______
racket
Charles Luciano Joined a gang- Accused of several murders, ________ convicted
never
Charles Luciano
Late 1920’s,-chief aide to ______________
Giuseppe “Joe the Boss” Masseria
Charles Luciano
Against:
Old World Mafia ideals of respect, loyalty and honor
Charles Luciano
In 1931- eliminated the remaining Sicilian mafia and started ___________
“American Mafia”
Who was a Jewish mobster?
Meyer Lansky
Meyer Lansky was known as “____________”
“Mob banker”
Meyer Lansky
__________ character in the Godfather
Hyman Roth
Who quit 6th grade?
Al Capone
Who was Al Capone’s boss?
Jonny Torrio
Al Capone
1925 Chicago mob boss after _________________
assassination attempt on his boss
Al Capone was known as __________
“Scarface”
Who went to Alcatraz?
Al Capone
When was the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre?
February 14, 1929
What was St. Valentine’s Day massacre
Murder of 6 mobsters and a mechanic of the North Side Irish gang led by Bugs Moran
What was the struggle of the St. Valentine’s Day massacre?
Struggle- Irish American gang and the South Side Italian gang (Al Capone)- for control of organized crime in Chicago
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.
Homicides, burglaries, and assaults
