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There was almost no end to their ingenuity. They hid alcohol in their clothing, in caskets, in hidden compartments in their cars, and in almost every other conceivable place.

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Q: How did people hide alcohol during prohibition?
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What were the secret hide outs where people drank in during prohibition?

a speakeasy


What where the roles of mafia during prohibtion?

In the 1920s, during prohibition, alcohol was illegal in the United States. the Mafia (many in Chicago) would make money by sneaking alcohol into the states from Canada and selling it. Often, they would hide bottles of alcohol in empty caskets and transport them over the border in hearses.


What was speakeasy's made to hide?

The speakeasy was created to hide the fact that it served liquor. After prohibition, drinking alcohol was illegal, but many people still liked to do it. So they went to clubs that seemed to be following the law, but in reality had secret rooms where people went to drink and socialize.


How did the 21 ameddemt help society?

The 21st Amendment ended prohibition. This, first of all, gave the people greater legal freedoms. Second, many people had still made and sold liquor during prohibition, but after the 21st Amendment they did not have to hide from the law anymore.


What was the name of illegal bars in 1920?

During the 'prohibition' era in the US they were called speak easies. One theory is that the term came from one's manner of ordering alcohol during the Prohibition era - they would be told to order quietly and "speak easy." Secret doors with sliding peepholes. Hide away lounges hidden with in or in back of different businesses.


Where to hide alcohol in your room and what to hide it in?

in a pair of alcohol


What are bootlegers?

Is people that used their boots to hide the illegal alcohol being brought to other people.


How do you stop people from drinking?

All you do is hide the alcohol and car keys. :P


Where did people hide during Mt St Helens eruption?

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Where did the phrase bootleg come from?

There is an urban myth that during American Prohibition producers of illegal spirits would hide the bottles inside boots. This seems very unlikely (how obvious would that be)? But it is the story people regularly give for the origin of this phrase.


How does speakeasy relate to the 1920s?

Because of Prohibition, people were not allowed to drink but still they did anyway so they developed speakeasies as a way to hide the fact that they were selling illegal beverages.


Why did people not hide in their houses during the war?

because Nazis search houses