Exam 3: The American Mafia

apone moved his headquarters from Chicago to __________ where he took over the Hawthorne Inn.

mong the Italian immigrants were mafiosi who established protection regimes in every American city that had a sizable Sicilian population.

In 1902, _____________ married a brothel keeper and began to manage her business.

etween 1891 and 1920, 4 million Italians entered the United States. Most came from the area south of Rome-in particular, Sicily, Naples, and its surrounding Campania area, and the province of Calabria . his area is called the ___________.

s an adolescent, ___________ served as a gunman for Al Capone.

t the center of the universe of an American Mafia unit is the ____________.

hich of the following has made the position of boss less desirable than in the past?

he Capone Organization can be described as hierarchical.

hen millions of Italians immigrated to the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, social and economic circumstances available to them were bleak and hostile.

olosimo opened several brothels and a string of gambling houses.

escribe the structure of the American Mafia in Chicago.

escribe the structure of the American Mafia in New York.

hicago is remarkable for the extent to which persons of various ethnicities have been integrated into the dominant criminal organization, now known as ___________

he _____________ emerged in 19th century New York as a lawful fraternal society designed to advance the interests of Sicilian immigrants.

ollowing the election of ______________ as mayor of Chicago in 1915, the spoils system swept over the city like a noxious blight, and city hall became a symbol for corruption and incompetence.

hat happens-how does the public react-when organized crime violence escalates? Does the public become more tolerant or less tolerant of the organized crime group, and why?

ith the deaths of Masseria and Maranzano, __________ became the most important Italian OC figure in New York.

he origins of OC in Chicago can be traced to the mayoralty election of 1873, in which ___________ backed the victorious candidate for mayor.

embers of an organization who are not necessarily guided by their organization's goals, but share a common interest in the survival of the system are considered members of:

The most important event for Capone was a 1927 U. . upreme Court decision ____________ that upheld the Internal Revenue Service's contention that even unlawful income was subject to income taxes.