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PBS

Pbs: American Experience: Public Enemy #1: Gangsters During the Depression

For Students 9th - 10th
"Gangsters" in the Great Depression were divided into two different groups: Mobsters and Outlaws. This article discusses the differences between the two and the role each group played.
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Activity
Other

University at Albany: Organized Crime and Prohibition

For Students 9th - 10th
Features statistics and details about organized crime and prohibition including facts on some of the more colorful gangsters during that era.
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Handout
Chicago History Museum

Encyclopedia of Chicago: Al Capone

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief historical account of infamous member of the Chicago's underworld, Alphonse Capone.
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Handout
Other

Roaring 20s Gangster Links

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a list of links regarding the 1920s most famous gangsters, bootleggers, rumrunners, drug peddlers, and labor racketeers.