1. Al Capone
Alcohol Smuggling during the 1920’s
“Everyone calls me a racketeer, but I call myself a business man”

2. The Eighteenth Amendment
 1919
 Prohibited the
manufacturing, sale and
transportation of alcoholic
beverages
 Chicago voted six to one
against the amendment
 People in Chicago were
outraged by the passing
of the passing of the
amendment

3. Al Capone and Prohibition
 In 1919, Al Capone moved  He became the leader of
to Chicago the rapidly evolving bootleg
 Capone quickly became the operation to smuggle
moss boss of the Five alcohol to the people of
Points Gang Chicago
 Bootlegging was successful
because there was a large
demand for alcohol even
though it was illegal

4. The process of alcohol smuggling
 Counterfeiting prescriptions
and liquor licenses
 Creation of secret breweries
with elaborate security
systems to avoid police
detection
 Al Capone developed good
relationships with powerful
politicians and was able to
sway voters into voting for
the candidate who would
tolerate his alcohol
smuggling business

5. Violence in Capone’s Business
 Al Capone was not afraid to
take violent measures to
protect his business
 Around 800 gangsters were
killed in disputes between
alcohol sales and Al Capone
and his gang are suspected
to have contributed to 200
of those in Chicago alone
 In 1929, during infamous
St. Valentine’s Day
Massacre, seven member of
a rival gang were shot and
killed by Capone’s gang.

6. Al Capone as a business man
 Al Capone and his gang  Al Capone presented
obtained a monopoly over himself as “a well-to-do
the alcohol smuggling businessman rather than a
operation in Chicago during shady racketeer” and was
the prohibition era “more ruthless than any
 Al Capone had a large other moss boss at the
clientele from the rich to the time”
poor
 He was successful because
he received admiration from
a large part of the Chicago
community including city
and government officials

7. The End of Capone’s Business Career
 In 1931, Capone was sent
to prison for income-tax
evasion
 It is estimated that Capone
made around 50 million
dollars before being sent to
prison.
 Al Capone will always be
remembered as one of the
most infamous gangsters
and businessman in
American history

8. Works Cited
 http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/533/al_capone_double.jpg
 http://moretimespace.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/prohibition.jpg
 http://www.albany.edu/~wm731882/finnishprohibition.jpg
 http://www.thegreatdepression.co.uk/wp-content/img/proibihition.JPG
 http://www.chicagohs.org/history/capone/gif/massacre.jpg
 http://properlyscared.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/al-capone.jpg
 http://www.blavish.com/wp-
content/uploads/2006/04/Al%20Capone%20Court.jpg