Prohibition
This became illegal after Prohibition laws were passed.
What is the distributing and selling of alcohol?
Speakeasies got their name by doing this vocal action.
What is whispering the password through a locked door?
The most notorious neighborhood gangs consisted of immigrants from this European country.
What is Italy?
People who made, imported, or sold alcohol during Prohibition.
What are bootleggers?
This president toasted the end of the prohibition by saying "What America needs now is a drink".
Who is FDR?
The National Prohibition Act enforces this Amendment.
What is the 18th Amendment?
This city had an estimated 30,000 speakeasies.
What is New York City?
This is an organized international body of criminals, operating originally in Sicily and now especially in Italy and the US and having a complex and ruthless behavioral code.
What is the mafia?
A variety of these drinks were invented and became popular during this time to cover up the taste of bad alcohol.
What are cocktails?
This well-known and violent organization supported Prohibition because they wanted to "purify" the country.
What is the KKK?
Prohibition supporters attempted to rewrite this book by removing all references to alcohol.
What is the Bible?
Speakeasies were the birthplace of this type of music.
What is jazz?
This is a type of ceremony that consisted of the gang member pricking his finger to draw blood and holding a burning picture of a patron saint while taking an oath of loyalty.
What is initiation ceremony?
These two places were the only places you could purchase alcohol legally during the prohibition.
What is the pharmacy and church?
This famous author was caught drinking with his friends during prohibition and was forced to stop all extracurricular activities. Because of this, he started spending time writing for the school newspaper’s humor section under his now-famous pen name.
Who is Dr. Seuss?
This form of etiquette became common between drinkers and sellers of alcohol.
What is tipping?
Another word for a speakeasy
What is blind pig/blind tiger?
The all-important code of conduct and secrecy that forbid any cooperation with government authorities.
What is omerta?
These two religious communities’ congregations grew because of the law’s religious loophole about their sacramental drink.
What is Christian and Jewish?
This man was estimated to have made $60 million dollars in alcohol sales in the year of 1927 alone ($630 million today’s time)
Who is Al Capone?
These buildings/institutions were sold nationwide after Prohibition started and towns believed that Prohibition would succeed.
What are jails?
A new more modern way to order drinks at today's speakeasies in Chicago and New York City.
What is by app on your phone?
The bloody power struggle in the late 1920's between two of the most famous Italian-American gangs.
What is the Castellammarse War?
This term refers to any homemade spirit made in amateur conditions, named such after alcohol makers would top the bottles off with tap water from the bathtub because the bottle wouldn’t be able to fit in the sink.
What is bathtub gin?
This Union's slogan during Prohibition was "Lips that touch liquor shall not touch our's"
What is the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)?