Answer this question in relation to the TWO prescribed texts you have studied. 5. How has your perception of Appropriation been illuminated by your comparative study of the prescribed texts? 6. How does Heckerling’s Clueless sustain interest in the values represented in Austen’s Emma?
• Purpose: What is it for? Why was the book or article written? • Usefulness: What does it do for your research? • Reliability: Is the information accurate? Do other sources support the conclusions?
Much of Frank Lucas’s childhood life explains his motivation for living a life of crime. When he was 12 years old he witnessed the death of his cousin by the KKK for looking at a Caucasian woman in Greensboro, North Carolina (American Gangster True Story). Being young he was committing petty crimes until he engaged in a fight with his employer. He fled to New York where he drifted through petty crimes and pool hustling until gangster Bumpy Johnson took him under his wing. After Johnson’s death, Lucas broke the monopoly that the Italian mafia held in New York.
Public outrage over massacre marked Capone from the federal government to continue some of his criminal activities, but it was the end of any significant opposition to Capone. Capone continued to conduct business from prison. He was allowed to make long-distance calls, had a private cell, and was allowed to meet and when returned to Chicago finding himself branded “Public Enemy Number One”. In 1931, Capone was convicted of income tax evasion leading to his imprisonment for 11 years. The massacre ultimately affected both Moran and Capone and left the war they had with each other at a stalemate.
He was said to have many get away places, and when he did come back into town or needed to travel somewhere him and his friends would buy out and entire Pullman sleeper car on night trains. Capone is well known for the St Valentine’s Day Massacre, which began on February 14, 1929. It is believed that Capone ordered the most savage gang killings of the century. The slaying took place in the Lincoln Park neighborhood which was in Chicago’s north side where the North Side Gang resides. It is also said that Capone’s men monitored their targets from rented apartments across the street from a trucking warehouse that served as Bugs Moren’s headquarters.
How far do you agree that the rise of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in the years 1924 – 33 was the main reason for the failure of the Weimar Republic? The failure of the Weimar Republic was symbolised by the enabling act of 1933. To say that the main reason for the Weimar Republic’s failure in the period of 1924 – 1933 was solely that of the rise of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) would be wrong. The impact of Gustav Stresemann was important because his reliance on foreign investment during the Nazi party’s ‘quiet years’ bought about a crushing halt to the prosperous late twenties, with the Wall Street Crash in 1929 sparking a worldwide depression. Also, the weakness and exploitation of the Weimar Constitution played a similarly important role as proportional representation and article 48 both created a path for the Nazi Party to gain influence in the Reichstag.
When the 18th Amendment was passed and in effect then prohibition began. This meant that the sale of alcoholic beverages would be illegal, but the sale of alcoholic was still available at speakeasies. This amendment was passed to drop the crime/death rates, and improve the economy. This law did exactly the opposite, the crime rates doubled from what it was before the prohibition, many of them being organized crimes. Another example is when the teachers in Tennessee were band from teaching evolution to their students.
History of the Gambino Crime Family Early origins The Gambino family can be traced back to the Prohibition period under Alfred Mineo and Steve Ferrigno during the days of Joe "The Boss" Masseria. Allies of Masseria, Mineo and Ferrigno were killed in an ambush during the Castellammarese War in 1930 by gunmen Joe Profaci, Nick Capuzzi, Joe Valachi, and the hitman known only as Buster from Chicago. Castellammarese War Giuseppe Masseria Lucky Luciano Salvatore Maranzano On April 15, 1931, gangster Charles "Lucky" Luciano invited his boss Giuseppe "Joe the Boss" Masseria to lunch at Nuova Villa Tammaro in Coney Island, Brooklyn. Masseria ate well that day, ordering veal, linguini, and red wine, and after the meal he and his trusted lieutenant whiled away the afternoon playing cards. It was a welcome break for Masseria from the tensions of what would become known as the Castellammarese
Starting out as a successful gambler, Arnold Rothstein earned the nickname The Brain for his keen organizational skills, criminal versatility, and clever leadership. His was also called Moneybags for his loan sharking activity and willingness to bankroll other mobster’s schemes (Pietrusza, 2003). Unlike most members of organized crime, Rothstein was an equal opportunity gangster and recruited based on talent instead of along strictly ethnic or religious lines. He has been called the founder of the Jewish Mafia; however, many Italian-American mobsters got their start under him. K. By 1914, Rothstein had become one of the kings of gambling in New York.
A tough federal response smothered Klan terror in a wave of prosecutions. Martial law and the suspension of habeas corpus were necessary to remove the threat from South Carolina. In 1915 the Hollywood spectacular Birth of a Nation reframed historical events to give credence to the Klan’s conspiratorial interpretation.38 As the economic order changed, different visions of the future battled for power. Conspiracy was a prominent theme in the competition. Capitalists denounced radicals for scheming to overthrow the government and cited as proof events like the 1886 Haymarket Square bombing that left seven policemen dead.