THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
1920S AMERICAN CULTURE
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Elliot Ness
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Al Capone
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Henry Ford
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Charles Lindbergh
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Detailed explanation-1: -Al Capone, who was at his Florida home at the time, was widely assumed to have been responsible for ordering the massacre. The impetus for the plan may have been the North Side Gang’s hijacking of some expensive whisky being illegally smuggled by Capone’s gang from Canada via the Detroit River.
Detailed explanation-2: -Although he was never prosecuted for the crime, it is widely believed that Al Capone was behind the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the “roaring twenties, ” Al Capone ruled an empire of crime in the Windy City: gambling, prostitution, bootlegging, bribery, narcotics trafficking, robbery, “protection” rackets, and murder. And it seemed that law enforcement couldn’t touch him.