USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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). In more recent years the term has also applied to legal bars that are modeled on historical speakeasies.

Detailed explanation-2: -A speakeasy, in its strict definition is a place where alcoholic beverages are illegally sold, particularly during the prohibition era.

Detailed explanation-3: -Speakeasies received their name from police officers who had trouble locating the bars due to the fact that people tended to speak quietly while inside the bars. Speakeasies received their name from bartenders who requested that patrons “speak easy” while inside the bars.

Detailed explanation-4: -As law enforcement officials shut down countless bars and saloons across the country, speakeasies sprang up overnight, and by 1925 tens of thousands had opened in New York City alone. Many were drab, makeshift saloons in basements or tenements located in shabby parts of town.

Detailed explanation-5: -A speakeasy, also called a blind pig or blind tiger, is an illicit establishment that sells alcoholic beverages, or a retro style bar that replicates aspects of historical speakeasies.