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.
Wayne Wheeler
Wayne Wheeler, the gen. counsel for the Anti-Saloon League was the most powerful man in Washington, D.C.
Georgetown Bootlegging
Don Ward talks about his father, Paul hiding illegal alcohol in Arlington Cemetery.
Whispering Wires
Roy Olmstead is caught in a wiretap and sentenced to four years hard labor. His convicition is upheld by the Supreme Court, but Olmstead receives a pardon in 1935.
Terribly Wonderful
Beer and Whiskey were not the Saloons only attraction to men, it served as a haven of manhood. Most cities had a designated district for saloons.
Drinking More
Millions of Americans stopped drinking during Prohibition, but those that did drink, women as well as men, drank more.
Fiorella LaGuardia
Fiorella LaGuardia was a Republican Congressman of New York and critic of the Volstead Act.
Extended Look | The Eighteenth Amendment
Prohibition, from Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, explores the rise and fall of the Eighteenth Amendment.
The Good Bootlegger
Roy Olmstead, a Seattle police officer turned to bootlegging and was known to provide the best product on the west coast. He used bribery instead of violence, and was known as 'The Good Bootlegger.'
Lois Long
Lois Long, pen-name 'Lipstick,' wrote about speakeasies for the New Yorker. Women who could not afford to live the decadent lifestyle got to read about her exploits.
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Mabel Walker Willebrandt was the Asst. Attorney Gen. and in charge of the Prohibition enforcement policy.
Neal Dow
Wealthy Mayor of Portland, ME. In 1851 he demanded the state legislature ban the sale of alcohol.
George Remus The Primrose Path
George Remus, King of the Bootleggers, is caught by the government, then put on trial for murdering his wife.
Absolute Shall
The problem of drink would have to be overcome through legislation rather than voluntary abstinence.
Satan's Seat (NYC)
New York was the city with the most illegal speakeasies, and the toughest city to crack down on drinking.
Retribution
The Anti Saloon League successfully combined propaganda, religion and political coercion to make alcohol a wedge issue in elections.
Two Americas
The 1924 Democratic Convention between William McAdoo and Al Smith pitted rural vs. urban america and would set the stage for 1928.
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