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Speakeasies and bootleggers were a product of: Prohibition.
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Illegal bars during prohibition were often called speakeasies. These were places where alcohol was secretly sold and served, often requiring visitors to know a secret password or code to gain entry.
They closed whenever they wished.
Prohibition. Regular bars couldn't sell liquor anymore, so people went to the "underground" speakeasies that sold liquor illegally.
Speakeasies were secret clubs during Prohibition-era America where people could party and obtain bootlegged alcohol.
During prohibition, the consumption of alcohol continued underground, giving rise to illegal speakeasies, bootlegging, and organized crime. Eventually, the negative consequences of prohibition led to its repeal in 1933 with the 21st Amendment.
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