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My Family Fued Essay: Al Capone And Bugs Morgan

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On my family fued essay i chose Al capone and Bugs Morgan because while I was reading I liked the history of them and in the next four paragraphs i will tell you what they did how they did it and when the did it. In the 1920s, gang warfare threatened the streets of Chicago. In the midst of prohibition, mobsters were making a killing by providing alcohol to thirsty cityfolk from all walks of life. The infamous Al “Scarface” Capone ruled with an iron fist, and at his peak was earning an astounding $60 million per year (about $700 million today)—and yet he controlled just half of Chicago. By 1929, only one man posed any real threat to his monopoly on Chicago crime: George Moran, who headed his own gang of criminals.
Moran had a background as a

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