HIST 150C3 1st Edition Lecture 13Women and the Great WarSuffrage-gained new momentum in early 20th centurySuffragettes-began engaging in more public forms of protest in early 20th century-engaged in disruptive public protest-protest through parades and city streets-organizing mass meetings-impromptu soap box features became more prominent-clear break from 19th century suffrage movement19th Amendment-August 18, 1920 19th amendment was ratified-gender based restrictions on votingPolitics and Culture of ProhibitionAnti-saloon leagues-organized in and around WW1-every city and county had one of these Harris County, 1917-place where a lot of the black soldiers were used to promote anti-saloon leagues18th Amendment-prohibition of alcoholThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.Volstead Act-“intoxicating liquors”-5% alcohol-production of consumption and alcoholChicagoRacketeering“Big Jim” Colosimo-became one of the 1st individuals that decided to make a name for himself-born in Italy, moved to Chicago as a young man-began criminal career as a pimp-made enough money to buy a brothel in red light district (legalized spaces for prostitutions in the cities)-opened a night club that offered a lot of entertainment actsJohn Torrio-worked with Colosimo to legitimize his business-mastermind behind the south side gang-by 1920, he wanted control of south side gang because Colosimo made money off bootlegging so he was seeking to pull back from the illegal sale of alcohol-In May 1920, Torrio hires Al Capone to kill Colosimo because of his reluctance to become more involved in the illegal sale of alcoholMurder of Colosimo-Al Copone kills him and attends funeral-turning point for the criminal world in Chicago-rapid escalation of violence over the issue of alcoholSpeakeasies, blind pigs-illicit liquor store and nightclubsAl Capone-his parents moved to the city from Italy-joined a local gang in Brooklyn-through involvement of gang, he dropped out of school in 5th grade-killed someone as a child-reputation for his use of a knife and guns-age of 17: begins working at a local brothel in NY-Torrio lures Capone to Chicago when he was 20 years old-involved in southside gang in Chicago-helpsTorrio seize control of criminal enterprises on the south side of Chicago-style of murder: shoot within close range and attend the funeral of the person he killed-beacme head of South side Chicago gang Dion O’Banion-murdered by Al Capone in 1924 -head of north side of Irish gangs in Chicago-murder of O’Banion began a 5 year war between North and South side of Chicago: wanted to control the sale of illegal alcoholWilliam Hale Thompson-symbolizes the corruption of city government related to prohibition-“Vote early, vote often”-“wide open city”-suggested his ties to the illegal sale of alcohol-openly opposed prohibition-made no secret that he thought gangsters and bootleggers provided a public
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