Step 3: Who Was Al Capone?
What you'll need for this task:
-A piece of paper
-A pen/pencil
-An attentive mind
Use the websites below to answer the following questions
1) Who was Al Capone?
2) What was his date of birth? What was his date of death?
3) Why was he famous?
4) Give 3 examples of criminal activities in which Al Capone was involved.
5) To which city did Al Capone move?
6) What was the name of the gangster (Al Capone's mentor) that got him to move there?
7) The Torio-Capone gang competed with which gang?
8) What was the St. Valentines Day Massacre and on what date did it occur?
9) Who was Capone trying to strike back against in the massacre?
10) What did Capone's gunmen disguise themselves as?
11) What was the impact of the massacre on Capone's reputation?
12) In the end what was Capone imprisoned for and which prisons did he spend time in?
Links:
http://www.american-historama.org/1929-1945-depression-ww2-era/al-capone-facts.htm
http://history.co.uk/topics/history-of-america/prohibition-era
http://www.biography.com/people/al-capone-9237536#early-life
http://www.alcatrazhistory.com/cap1.htm
Now, continue onto Step 4!
-A piece of paper
-A pen/pencil
-An attentive mind
Use the websites below to answer the following questions
1) Who was Al Capone?
2) What was his date of birth? What was his date of death?
3) Why was he famous?
4) Give 3 examples of criminal activities in which Al Capone was involved.
5) To which city did Al Capone move?
6) What was the name of the gangster (Al Capone's mentor) that got him to move there?
7) The Torio-Capone gang competed with which gang?
8) What was the St. Valentines Day Massacre and on what date did it occur?
9) Who was Capone trying to strike back against in the massacre?
10) What did Capone's gunmen disguise themselves as?
11) What was the impact of the massacre on Capone's reputation?
12) In the end what was Capone imprisoned for and which prisons did he spend time in?
Links:
http://www.american-historama.org/1929-1945-depression-ww2-era/al-capone-facts.htm
http://history.co.uk/topics/history-of-america/prohibition-era
http://www.biography.com/people/al-capone-9237536#early-life
http://www.alcatrazhistory.com/cap1.htm
Now, continue onto Step 4!