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Al Capone

1920s Prohibition

• Alcohol was illegal. • You could not sell it.

Al Capone Famous Gangster

Gangster

• Al Capone was a gangster.

Al Capone was rich. He sold alcohol when it was illegal.

Al Capone

Al lived in New York and then Chicago, Illinois. Questions:

• Where is Chicago, IL? • Where is New York? • Where are we?

Al Capone’s home

Al Capone was very rich. He had a mansion in Cuba. He made money selling alcohol and doing other illegal things.

Questions: • Why was Al rich?

• What does it mean to be rich? • Do you know anyone who is rich? • Was it ok to sell alcohol in the 1920s?

Capone’s mansion in Cuba

Alcatraz Prison

Al was sent to prison.

Question: What is a prison? Why did Al have to go to prison?