WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Nationwide Prohibition lasted from 1920 until 1933. The Eighteenth Amendment-which illegalized the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcohol-was passed by the U.S. Congress in 1917.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Prohibition is the act of forbidding or outlawing something, like when my mom placed a prohibition on watching TV during dinner (causing everyone to skip dinner). Prohibition can also refer to one of the most famous acts of prohibition in United States history: the outlawing of alcoholic beverages from 1920 to 1933.

Detailed explanation-4: -The rise of mass disobedience to prohibition laws took the amendment’s advocates by surprise. People who could afford the high price of smuggled liquor flocked to speakeasies and gin joints.

Detailed explanation-5: -To cater to the very large population of people who still wished to drink, hidden bars and nightclubs were established in cities across the country. The term speakeasy is thought to have come from the patrons having to whisper (or, speak “easy”) when attempting to enter the hidden bar.