Have you ever wondered who started the Ku Klux Klan? Why was Al “Scarface” Capone so infamous? Also, why did Black Tuesday Happen? The 1920’s were a time of controversy in responds to Al Capone and Ku Klux Klan and full of hardships due to the Stock Market Crash.
The most notorious gangster in the history of the nation, Alphonse Capone, better known to most as Al Capone or Scarface, ran Chicago with blood and guns. “Capone was born in Brooklyn in 1899 to two Italian immigrants”(CarpeNoctern). From the beginning, he never responded well to authority. “He beat a female teacher while in his sixth grade year and left after the principal verbally chastised him for the incident.”(miles) Facing a life of low paying jobs, he joined the street gang led by Johnny Torrio and Lucky Luciano. Late in December 1918, Capone killed a man in an argument. Rather than face the charges, he called his old friend Torrio, who was now in Chicago. Capone moved to Chicago on the invitation of Torrio. He carried his rough style of dealing with people to Chicago. As the bartender at Torrio's club, he broke the bones the arms, legs, and even skulls of those he evicted from the establishment. However, Torrio did not bring Capone to Chicago to beat up drunkards. As Torrio's right hand man, he received the job killing off "Big Jim" Colosimo, who ran Chicago's underground. “After the passage of prohibition in 1920, Torrio was constantly harassing the boss to establish underground drinking establishments”(CarpeNoctern). Tired of hearing "NO" from Colosimo, Torrio had him killed by Capone on May 11, 1920. “Torrio became boss of Chicago, and Capone became the manager of alcohol for the city. Al Capone became head of the Chicago mafia after Torrio was seriously wounded in an assassination attempt and stepped down from the head spot in 1925”(CarpeNoctern. Throughout his reign he ran the streets of Chicago with his mob. “When his mob was at its prime, Capone had city aldermen, mayors, legislators,...