Gangsters

In Arabic, the word “Mafia” means...

• black hand

• refuge

• family

In the 1920s, gangsters made the largest amounts of money from...

• gambling

• prostitution

• making and selling alcohol

Al Capone’s parents were poor .......... immigrants.

• Italian

• Irish

• Jewish

Al Capone was sent to prison because...

• he never paid taxes

• he was responsible for over 300 deaths

• he sold alcohol illegally

Bonnie Parker was an amateur...

• musician

• magician

• poet

.......... is probably the most famous gangster film produced by Hollywood.

• The Untouchables

• The Godfather (1972)

• Once Upon A Time In America

Choose the correct word for space in colour: During the 1920s, Al Capone was the most ⁷................ gangster in Chicago. He ⁸................ being in the newspapers and being a public figure. He was the son of Italian immigrants who left Italy to escape ⁹................ . Other gangsters ¹⁰................ Capone because anyone who resisted him was violently killed. He was ¹¹................ sent to prison because he didn’t pay his taxes. Charles “Lucky” Luciano and Al Capone met ¹²................ while working for the Five Pointers Gang in New York City. By 1935, Lucky Luciano was the most ¹³................ gang boss in the United States. He convinced “Bugsy” Siegel and Meyer Lansky to help him ¹⁴................ . The National Crime Syndicate. Meyer Lansky was in charge of ¹⁵................ matters for the Syndicate. Bugsy Siegel followed Luciano and Lansky’s ¹⁶................ and moved to Los Angeles. ¹⁷................ Bonnie Parker was already married, she left her home and started a relationship with Clyde Barrow. On one occasion, Bonnie ¹⁸................ a gun under her dress to help Clyde escape from prison. Many of Bonnie and Clyde’s escapes from the police included intense ¹⁹................ . Clyde’s sister-in-law, Blanche, was partially ²⁰................ during one of these escapes. Bonnie and Clyde had a custom of kidnapping people and releasing them ²¹................ soon afterwards.

• powerful

• guilty

Choose the correct word for space in colour: During the 1920s, Al Capone was the most ⁷................ gangster in Chicago. He ⁸................ being in the newspapers and being a public figure. He was the son of Italian immigrants who left Italy to escape ⁹................ . Other gangsters ¹⁰................ Capone because anyone who resisted him was violently killed. He was ¹¹................ sent to prison because he didn’t pay his taxes. Charles “Lucky” Luciano and Al Capone met ¹²................ while working for the Five Pointers Gang in New York City. By 1935, Lucky Luciano was the most ¹³................ gang boss in the United States. He convinced “Bugsy” Siegel and Meyer Lansky to help him ¹⁴................ . The National Crime Syndicate. Meyer Lansky was in charge of ¹⁵................ matters for the Syndicate. Bugsy Siegel followed Luciano and Lansky’s ¹⁶................ and moved to Los Angeles. ¹⁷................ Bonnie Parker was already married, she left her home and started a relationship with Clyde Barrow. On one occasion, Bonnie ¹⁸................ a gun under her dress to help Clyde escape from prison. Many of Bonnie and Clyde’s escapes from the police included intense ¹⁹................ . Clyde’s sister-in-law, Blanche, was partially ²⁰................ during one of these escapes. Bonnie and Clyde had a custom of kidnapping people and releasing them ²¹................ soon afterwards.

• hated

• loved

Choose the correct word for space in colour: During the 1920s, Al Capone was the most ⁷................ gangster in Chicago. He ⁸................ being in the newspapers and being a public figure. He was the son of Italian immigrants who left Italy to escape ⁹................ . Other gangsters ¹⁰................ Capone because anyone who resisted him was violently killed. He was ¹¹................ sent to prison because he didn’t pay his taxes. Charles “Lucky” Luciano and Al Capone met ¹²................ while working for the Five Pointers Gang in New York City. By 1935, Lucky Luciano was the most ¹³................ gang boss in the United States. He convinced “Bugsy” Siegel and Meyer Lansky to help him ¹⁴................ . The National Crime Syndicate. Meyer Lansky was in charge of ¹⁵................ matters for the Syndicate. Bugsy Siegel followed Luciano and Lansky’s ¹⁶................ and moved to Los Angeles. ¹⁷................ Bonnie Parker was already married, she left her home and started a relationship with Clyde Barrow. On one occasion, Bonnie ¹⁸................ a gun under her dress to help Clyde escape from prison. Many of Bonnie and Clyde’s escapes from the police included intense ¹⁹................ . Clyde’s sister-in-law, Blanche, was partially ²⁰................ during one of these escapes. Bonnie and Clyde had a custom of kidnapping people and releasing them ²¹................ soon afterwards.

• robbery

• poverty

Choose the correct word for space in colour: During the 1920s, Al Capone was the most ⁷................ gangster in Chicago. He ⁸................ being in the newspapers and being a public figure. He was the son of Italian immigrants who left Italy to escape ⁹................ . Other gangsters ¹⁰................ Capone because anyone who resisted him was violently killed. He was ¹¹................ sent to prison because he didn’t pay his taxes. Charles “Lucky” Luciano and Al Capone met ¹²................ while working for the Five Pointers Gang in New York City. By 1935, Lucky Luciano was the most ¹³................ gang boss in the United States. He convinced “Bugsy” Siegel and Meyer Lansky to help him ¹⁴................ . The National Crime Syndicate. Meyer Lansky was in charge of ¹⁵................ matters for the Syndicate. Bugsy Siegel followed Luciano and Lansky’s ¹⁶................ and moved to Los Angeles. ¹⁷................ Bonnie Parker was already married, she left her home and started a relationship with Clyde Barrow. On one occasion, Bonnie ¹⁸................ a gun under her dress to help Clyde escape from prison. Many of Bonnie and Clyde’s escapes from the police included intense ¹⁹................ . Clyde’s sister-in-law, Blanche, was partially ²⁰................ during one of these escapes. Bonnie and Clyde had a custom of kidnapping people and releasing them ²¹................ soon afterwards.

• feared

• stabbed