THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
AMERICAN ORGANIZED CRIME OF THE 1920S
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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To have a place of entertainment and illegal alcohol consumption
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To organize meetings to repeal the 18th amendment
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To organize meetings for Al Capone
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To organize meetings to pass the 18th amendment
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Detailed explanation-1: -The prohibition merged with other movements like the temperance movement, which campaigned to save grain during World War I. These changes brought about the 18th Amendment, which prohibited the sale of intoxicating liquors. Speakeasies emerged after this nationwide ban where people set up secret bars to serve 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: -Increasingly popular, the modern-day speakeasy is essentially just a bar meant to be shrouded in secrecy. Since alcohol is no longer illegal, these establishments hinge on the feeling of discreetness, often hidden inside other restaurants or other venues, and embodying a prohibition vibe, some with dim lighting.
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). In more recent years the term has also applied to legal bars that are modeled on historical speakeasies.
Detailed explanation-5: -The phrase, ‘Speakeasy’ originates from a term that bartenders used where people needed to, “speak easy” (quietly), when ordering at the bar in order to not draw attention to the prohibited act of buying alcohol. In order to gain access to these illicit bars, a password, specific handshake or secret knock was required.