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Amendment 18:
"After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited."

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Volstead Act
"On October 28, 1919, the United States Senate voted 65 to 20 to override President Woodrow Wilson’s veto of the Volstead Act. Since the House had also voted to override the veto, America entered the Prohibition era."

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Prohibition took affect causing many saloons to close down. Led to many people getting alcohol through illegal means or through 'medical' or 'religious' reasons

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Amendment 21
"The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed. The transportation or importation into any State, Territory, or possession of the United States for delivery or use therein of intoxicating liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is hereby prohibited."

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asides from passwords they also had membership cards

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Speakeasies became a popular mainstream thing having thousands in just one city. To enter a speakeasy you may have need a password or a certain knock. Many speakeasy owners bribed police and government officials to not raid their bars.

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1920s Speakeasy, U.S., Prohibition, Drinking, Dancing, Archive Footage

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From the Kinolibrary archive film collections. To order the clip clean and high res visit http://www.kinolibrary.com. Clip ref KLR672 1920s speakeasy, people walk up to entrance, drinking dancing, roaring twenties

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Speakeasies were not shy to serve to women. This affected how woman drank due to speakeasies catering to women by having stuff such as powder rooms. On the negative, speakeasies gave to the rise of organized crime due to them working closely with mobsters to smuggle alcohol