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Speakeasies: Response To Prohibition

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Speakeasies were establishments that arose as a response to Prohibition making it illegal to sell alcohol. They were saloons where one could buy alcohol in secret. They were called speakeasies because one was supposed to speak softly about them as to not tip off the police. A specific example of a speakeasy would be Schaller’s Pump in the Bridgeport neighborhood in the south side of Chicago. It name came from the pipes that that poured beer from the home brewery next door.
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