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- 1. A Nation of Drunkards Oct 2, 2011
- The Woman's Christian Temperance Union and the Anti-Saloon League push to outlaw alcohol nationally.
- 2. A Nation of Scofflaws Oct 3, 2011
- Enforcing the new law of Prohibition creates problems.
- 3. A Nation of Hypocrites Oct 4, 2011
- Support for Prohibition diminishes in the mid-1920s; Congress passes the 21st Amendment in 1933.
Watch the three-part, five-and-a-half-hour film series by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick that explores the rise, rule, and fall of prohibition and the era it shaped. Learn about the history, consequences, and controversies of the Eighteenth Amendment and its repeal.
- Roots of Prohibition
Excerpt from "Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition"...
- Unintended Consequences
Before Prohibition, many states relied heavily on excise...
- About
PROHIBITION is a three-part, five-and-a-half-hour...
- The People
Take a visual journey through key events leading up to and...
- Timeline
Prohibition was intended to improve, even to ennoble, the...
- Episode Guide
On January 16, 1920, the Eighteenth Amendment to the...
- Roots of Prohibition
PROHIBITION tells the story of the rise, rule, and fall of the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the entire era it encompassed. Prohibition was intended to protect all Americans...
Prohibition: With Peter Coyote, Pete Hamill, Catherine Gilbert Murdock, Michael Lerner. The story of the American activist struggle against the influence of alcohol, climaxing in the failed early 20th century nationwide era when it was banned.
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- 2011-10-02
- Documentary, History
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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.
Prohibition is a 2011 American television documentary miniseries directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick with narration by Peter Coyote. The series originally aired on PBS between October 2, 2011 and October 4, 2011. It was funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Oct 1, 2011 · Yet you can hear history talking directly to the Americans of 2011 all through “Prohibition,” an absorbing five-and-a-half-hour documentary by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick that runs for three...
On January 16, 1920, the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution goes into effect, making it illegal to manufacture, transport or sell intoxicating liquor. Episode Two, A Nation of Scofflaws,...
