The Goons
Who benefited from Prohibition ?Who were the criminals? where did they come from ?What could be considered as a deep cause for their career in crime? What happened in most American cities as far as organized crime is concerned? What about NYC? Where did Capone thrive? Why was he never arrested? How did he get his scars?Who was his mentor? How was the Chicago crime scene organized? What was their names? What were the rules ?Who is qualified as “redfaced, shameless and permanently on the take”? Why? What was mobsters implication in politics?
George Remus.
Roy Olmstead
BOOTLEGGERSExpose on Bootlegging Materials:Video segments in this galleryPrinted images (photographs of bootleggers, illegal factories, etc.)Directions:form groups of 3-4 and choose a bootlegger to “interview:” Roy Olmstead or George Remus. Reenact an interview of your chosen bootlegger and create a newspaper expose. Interviews must include:ImagesBackground information about the bootleggerInformation about the bootlegger’s business (location, associates, methods, etc.)How the bootlegger got into trouble with the law/federal governmentOutcome of the legal troubles (in jail, dead, set free, etc.)
4. Whispering Wires
1.George Remus
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2. George Remus: Caught and Tried
3. THE GOOD BOOTLEGGER
BOOTLEGGERS
BOOTLEGGERSExpose on BootleggingMaterials:Video segments in this galleryPrinted images (photographs of bootleggers, illegal factories, etc.)Directions:form groups of 3-4 and choose a bootlegger to “interview:” Roy Olmstead or George Remus. Reenact an interview of your chosen bootlegger and create a newspaper expose. Interviews must include:ImagesBackground information about the bootleggerInformation about the bootlegger’s business (location, associates, methods, etc.)How the bootlegger got into trouble with the law/federal governmentOutcome of the legal troubles (in jail, dead, set free, etc.)
