USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -An entire black market-comprising bootleggers, speakeasies, and distilling operations-emerged as a result of Prohibition, as did organized crime syndicates which coordinated the complex chain of operations involved in the manufacture and distribution of alcohol.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Volsted Act was passed to enforce the 18th Amendment’s restrictions on drinking. This ban led to the rise of speakeasy bars set up illegally to serve alcohol and these were often called prohibition speakeasies.

Detailed explanation-3: -Prohibition was enacted to protect individuals and families from the “scourge of drunkenness.” However, it had unintended consequences including: a rise in organized crime associated with the illegal production and sale of alcohol, an increase in smuggling, and a decline in tax revenue.

Detailed explanation-4: -speakeasy, also called blind pig or gin joint, place where alcoholic beverages are illegally sold, especially such establishments in the United States during Prohibition (1920–33).

Detailed explanation-5: -The closing of breweries, distilleries and saloons led to the elimination of thousands of jobs, and in turn thousands more jobs were eliminated for barrel makers, truckers, waiters, and other related trades. The unintended economic consequences of Prohibition didn’t stop there.