How Effective was Prohibition?: How Effective was Prohibition?
They drank in the White House 1924 – Kansas had 95% of people obeying the law not to drink. Only 5% of New Yorkers obeyed the law. Contrast between rural and urban moral values. Bootlegging: Bootlegging Those that would manufacture, sell and transport liquor, beer, and wine. Bootleggers: Bootleggers Started from drinkers who hid flasks in the leg of their boots. Bootleggers: Bootleggers Stills to make alcohol Corn: grain alcohol (VERY alcoholic) and some whiskey Potatoes: vodka Rye Grain: gin and whiskey Bathtub gin Bootleggers: Bootleggers Canadians were making whiskey. Caribbean was making rum. Smugglers took ships out to sea, met speed boats who outran the Coast Guard to harbors where they transported the alcohol to warehouses. Speakeasies: Speakeasies Bars that operated illegally. To get into a speakeasy – you needed a password or be recognized by a guard. Sometimes hidden behind legit businesses. Speakeasies: Speakeasies Before Prohibition the whole state of Massachusetts had 1,00
