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Learn how America's attempt at banning alcohol in the 20th century through Prohibition instead sowed an era of defiance, booming organized crime and corruption. 2018 | series | TV-PG Revisit a time of speakeasies, mob wars and federal enforcement in this comprehensive look at Prohibition.
S1 E5 - Rumrunners, Moonshiners And Bootleggers. December 8, 2002. 1 h 30 min. TV-PG. Prohibition turned fishermen into rumrunners and two-bit gangsters into millionaires. And moonshine haulers in their souped-up cars helped create NASCAR. Explore the tale of our nation's love-hate relationship with illegal alcohol.
After nearly a century of activism, Prohibition was intended to improve the lives of all citizens by protecting individuals, families and society at large from the devastating effects of alcohol abuse; but paradoxically it made millions of people rethink their definition of morality…. A Nation of Hypocrites. (1x3, October 4, 2011) Season Finale.
Boardwalk Empire: Created by Terence Winter. With Steve Buscemi, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham. An Atlantic City politician plays both sides of the law by conspiring with gangsters during the Prohibition era.
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Jan 16, 2015 · According to Prohibition historian Daniel Okrent, windfalls from legal alcohol sales helped the drug store chain Walgreens grow from around 20 locations to more than 500 during the 1920s. 6 ...
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October 26, 2014. ( 2014-10-26) Boardwalk Empire is an American period crime drama television series created by Terence Winter and broadcast on the premium cable channel HBO. The series is set chiefly in Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the Prohibition era of the 1920s and stars Steve Buscemi as Nucky Thompson.
Apr 10, 2024 · Prohibition was legal prevention of the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages in the United States from 1920 to 1933 under the Eighteenth Amendment. Despite this legislation, millions of Americans drank liquor illegally, giving rise to bootlegging, speakeasies, and a period of gangsterism.
