What does the Forbidden City represent? What type of government did the Iroquois League have? What is the Force Publique? What type of economy does the United States have? What does speakeasy mean? What is Salic Law? What was Samarkand?
The Lost Generation was a group of rebellious youth appeared in America after the First World War. The 1920s was an age of Prohibition. Alcoholic beverages were outlawed by a constitutional amendment. However, young people cheerfully evaded the law in thousands of “speakeasies” (ill...
3. During Prohibition in the US (1920-1933) bars had to close due to the alcohol ban so many went underground and operated speakeasies that were hidden behind secret passwords. 4. Pubs in medieval England were called “alehouses” which had hanging signs that indicated they sold beer – th...
The 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution banned the sale of alcohol, ushering in the Prohibition era of 1920-1933. Discover the role of the temperance movement in getting the Volstead Act banning alcohol nationwide passed in Congress, the emergence of speakeasies and bootlegging, and the...
I know many bar backs that make more money at nightclubs/high volume speakeasies than bartenders working at restaurants/neighborhood bars. It’s all about where you land, but making somewhere between 80-200 a night in tips as a bar back is not unheard of....
In the tough-talking, gin-soaked underworld of speakeasies, gun molls, hoods and coppers, a "rat fink" ranked amongst the lowest of the low. If a major crime boss such as Dutch Schultz or Al Capone ever saw the inside of a jail, it was most likely caused by the loose lips of a ...