Speakeasies
Illegal, secretive drinking establishments
What are speakeasies?
The illegal manufacture, distribution, or sale of alcohol during the Prohibition
What is bootlegging?
legal prevention of the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages
What is Prohibition?
Threatening innocent people until they payed large amounts of money
what is Black Hand?
The most famous American gangster, who dominated organized crime in Chicago from 1925 to 1931.
Who is AL Capone?
underground
Where did the people usually meet?
foreign-made commercial liquor into the United States from across the Canadian and Mexican borders
What did the early bootleggers smuggle?
Black market booze
Americans were spending more money than ever on?
A well known gangster that people were afraid of.
Each major city had ?
Scarface
His nickname is?
In New York
Where were 100,000 speakeasies located?
the Bahamas, Cuba, and the French islands of Saint-Pierre
Where were the bootlegger's favorite sources of supply located?
Millions of gallons of “bathtub gin” mainly used for fuel and medicinal purposes.
What caused people to run the risk of being struck blind or even poisoned?
A lot of violence and death
what was the result of gangsters flaunting their money and power at each other?
Five Points Gang
What gang did he join when he was 16?
Jazz music/musicians
What did they provide to the people besides alcohol?
millions of bottles of “medicinal” whiskey that were sold across drugstore counters on forged prescriptions
What were the Bootlegger's major source of supply?
Decrease by 30%
According to a study conducted by M.I.T. and Boston University economists drinking did what during prohibition?
Abducting underaged girls and forcing them into prostitution.
What is Human trafficking?
The violence and ruthlessness in the murder of his rivals.
What is he best known for?
what were the new elements that were introduced in the speakeasies?
Drugs and cocktails
What was more complex than other types of criminal activity?
The distribution of Liquor
Ten states still contain?
Counties where alcohol sales are prohibited.
What are the four main type of crimes?
Bootlegging, Speakeasies, Human Trafficking and Black Hand.
What did Al Capone Die from?
Cardiac Arrest