Chapter 16: The Decade of Normalcy "Scarface"

Introduction
Students have read about the rise of organized crime during the Prohibition era. In this lesson, students will learn more about one of the more notorious gangsters of this era, Al Capone.

Lesson Description
Students will read a report on Al Capone on the Chicago Historical Society Web site and answer questions based upon the text.

Instructional Objective
Students will be able to comprehend a text in order to answer questions about it.

Student Web Activity Answers
1. Scarface; he received a scar on his face when he insulted a patron at the bar where he worked and was attacked by the patron's brother.
2. Capone had an extensive spy network that would alert him of any such plots.
3. He started soup kitchens during the Depression and made merchants give clothes to the needy.
4. tax evasion, failure to file tax returns, conspiracy to violate Prohibition laws

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