The Roots of Prohibition
A review of alcohol's influence in America. Beer and Wine are overtaken by hard liquors.
Rum Row
Rum Row started at the tip of Maine and continued down to the coast of Florida. Boats would wait three miles off the coastline then bring in illegal alcohol at night.
Al Capone Downfall
In 1931, Al Capone is finally caught by the government for failing to file income tax.
America, A Multi-Ethnic Nation
At the beginning of the 20th century most of the population shifted from rural to urban through immigration.
The Volstead Act
The Volstead Act was much stricter than most Americans had anticipated, including Wine and Beer in Prohibition.
Al Capone Murder to Massacre
Feb. 14, 1929: George Moran's gang is gunned down in cold blood and Capone is thought to have ordered the hit.
Extended Look | The Jazz Age
Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Wynton Marsalis discuss what it takes to put together the score for Prohibition, and how the music takes on a life of it's own.
Washington, D.C. Mass March
On Dec. 10, 1913 Washington, D.C. citizens saw their first mass march. The protesters were to demand a Prohibition Amendment.
Pauline Sabin
Pauline Sabin, an heiress disillusioned with the Republican party, began the Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform.
The Time is Now
With the passage of the 16th Amendment, the Goverment no longer needed taxes from Alcohol. By 1914 a prohibition amendment seemed within reach.
George Remus The Circle
George Remus, a successful criminal attorney in Chicago became the king of the bootleggers with his operation.
Carry Nation
Carry Nation was the president of her local Kansas chapter of the WCTU. She vandalized saloons across Kansas in 1900, smashing them up with a hatchet.
The Goons
The rise of organized crime was a drawback of Prohibition that the drys had not seen coming.
Adolphus Busch
Adolphus Busch was the leader of the Brewers Association. He threw himself in front of the Prohibition movement and held it off for as long as they could.
New York Cordial Stores
Zeke Alpern's father Lou, owned three 'Cordial Stores' in NYC where he sold illegal alcohol.
Frances Willard & Mary Hanchett Hunt
Frances Willard started the Women's Christian Temparance Union Mary Hanchett Hunt was in charge of the Dept. of Scientific Instruction in the public schools.
Federal Funding
Supporting Prohibition fiscally was a problem between the federal government and the state government.
A Genuine American
The 1928 Presidental election between Hoover and Al Smith was one of the dirtiest in history.
Eliza Jane Thompson
Eliza Jane Thompson, the wife of an ohio judge, led a women's protest of saloons by praying in front of them.
The Immigrant Invasion
Tensions emerged between native born Americans and the newly arrived immigrants.
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