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GCSE History · key term
An illegal drinking establishment operating during prohibition.
Used by AQA and OCR
Paper 1
Revise: Divided SocietyPeople continued to buy drinks in speakeasies, while bootleggers supplied alcohol illegally. There were around 32,000 speakeasies in New York by 1929, illustrating the difficulty of enforcing the ban where many people did not support it.
Paper 1
Customers continued to seek alcohol in speakeasies, illegal drinking establishments. Illegal production, sale and smuggling—bootlegging—supplied this demand. Around , illustrating the scale of evasion.
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