Why were speakeasies established in the United States

It was a result of the combined passage of the Volstead Act, or the National Prohibition Enforcement Act, and the 18th Amendment to the Constitution. Prohibition came into effect just as the Roaring Twenties emerged on the cultural scene in the U.S. The American speakeasy became an icon of the decade.

Explanation:

1st amendment: freedom of speech, religion, petition, press, and assembly

2nd: right to bear arms

3rd: quartering of soldiers

4th: search and seizure

the correct answer is:

b) a rich merchant.