English, 23.09.2021 08:00 chelly70

Read the passage below from the article “The Word on Gangster.” In the 1920s, Americans watched in fascination (and horror) as the FBI tried unsuccessfully to bring down Chicago criminals like Al Capone and his “gang” of henchmen--or “gangsters.” Too well organized and too powerful to be stopped easily, Capone’s gang caused both excitement and terror in the American public, who read about their exploits in newspapers or heard radio news stories about them.
Whose perspective on the topic of gangsters does this passage focus on?
the FBI’s
the author’s
the gangsters’
the American public’s

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Read the passage below from the article “The Word on Gangster.” In the 1920s, Americans watched in...