THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
1920S AMERICAN CULTURE
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Bootlegging
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Speakeasies
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Warren G. Harding
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Calvin Coolidge
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Herbert Hoover
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Detailed explanation-1: -Rum-running or bootlegging is the illegal business of smuggling alcoholic beverages where such transportation is forbidden by law. Smuggling usually takes place to circumvent taxation or prohibition laws within a particular jurisdiction.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Prohibition Era began in 1920 when the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which banned the manufacture, transportation and sale of intoxicating liquors, went into effect with the passage of the Volstead Act. Despite the new legislation, Prohibition was difficult to enforce.
Detailed explanation-3: -Etymology. From bootleg +-er. Originally a nickname given to smugglers in King George III’s reign, derived from the smugglers’ custom of hiding packages of valuables in the legs of their large sea-boots when dodging the king’s coastguardsmen.
Detailed explanation-4: -Definitions of bootlegger. someone who makes or sells illegal goods, especially illegal liquor. synonyms: moonshiner.