USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The 18th Amendment to the Constitution prohibited the making, transportation, and sale of alcohol. Americans went to illegal bars, called “speakeasies, ” on the sly to drink.

Detailed explanation-2: -The social impact of the speakeasy was that it allowed people to defy Prohibition’s ban on alcohol. The economic impact was that the speakeasy drove down tax revenue and created an underground economy. The political impact was that a wave of crime occurred and contributed to the repeal of Prohibition.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Prohibition Amendment had profound consequences: it made brewing and distilling illegal, expanded state and federal government, inspired new forms of sociability between men and women, and suppressed elements of immigrant and working-class culture.

Detailed explanation-4: -To avoid any sort of detection by law enforcement, speakeasy venues had to be kept extremely secret. Consumers would have to “speak quietly” or “speak easily” about these places, which is where the term “speakeasy” comes from!