During prohibition, some people just couldnt go without drinkning alcohol. Speakeasies were establishments that sold alcohol illegally during the prohibition era. Store owners would ask pedestrains to see a certain attaction of theirs in order to purchase the alcohol illegally. One specific statistic shows that speakeasies were especially popular in the growing city of Detroit. In 1918 before prohibition was in affect, there were 2,334 stores in Detroit that sold liquor. After the prohibition act was passed in 1919, the amount of liquor stores in Detroit grew to 15,000. The chance of getting caught was very high for these speakeasies. People that wanted to make extra money sold alcohol illegally and they did not think aboout how big of a risk they were taking.
Alot of people in the 1920's people turned to drinking as a way to escape during hard times. When prohibition came into affect, the only people that had no problems or accept it would be the few people that couldstay sober. Lots of people however, couldnt stay sober. They found ways to get another buzz by possibly drinking underground.
To get liquor illegally, people went underground to hidden clubs known as Speakeasies. The name "speakeasies" was given to these clubs because of the volume that the clubs had to remain. If customers were too loud, then people might find out that these clubs are selling alcohol illegally. These speakeasies were a very convinient way of getting alcohol.
At almost every speakeasy, there was some type of identification needed to get in such as a membership card. There were peakholes in the doors so that people could be identified before entering. The atmosphere was differtent than pre-prohibition saloons because women were aloud to go into the illigal speakeasies. Lots of different women came in including lower class poor women and high class weomn that came with their husbands.These wemon were there to drink hard liquor, which they werent normally aloud to do anyways.
To get liquor illegally, people went underground to hidden clubs known as Speakeasies. The name "speakeasies" was given to these clubs because of the volume that the clubs had to remain. If customers were too loud, then people might find out that these clubs are selling alcohol illegally. These speakeasies were a very convinient way of getting alcohol.
At almost every speakeasy, there was some type of identification needed to get in such as a membership card. There were peakholes in the doors so that people could be identified before entering. The atmosphere was differtent than pre-prohibition saloons because women were aloud to go into the illigal speakeasies. Lots of different women came in including lower class poor women and high class weomn that came with their husbands.These wemon were there to drink hard liquor, which they werent normally aloud to do anyways.