Prohibition

Native born Americans were distrustful of immigrants and their traditions.

The history of alcohol in America.

George Remus, a Chicago lawyer became king of the bootleggers.

More folks lived in cities then the country in the beginning of the 20th century.

Saloons served many functions during the 19th century for men, especially for immigrants.

Sexual mores start to change for Women during Prohibition.

Roy Olmstead, a Seattle police officer turned to bootlegging and made a fortune.

Pauline Sabin was founder of the Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform.

Fiorella LaGuarida was a NY congressman and critic of Prohibition.

On Feb. 14, 1929, seven men are gunned down and the public is incensed.

Roy Olmstead is caught in a wiretapping sting and sentenced to four years hard labor.

Al Capone is finally caught by the government for failing to file income tax.

Wayne Wheeler was the general counsel for the Anti-Saloon League.

The 1924 Democratic convention set the stage for rural vs. urban America.

The 1928 Presidental election was a bitter battle of dirty politics directed at Al Smith.

Margot Loines Wilkie discusses the changing sexual mores of the 1920's.

How much can we regulate society?

Pete Hamill talks about defying authority.

In 1924 the Boston Herald held a contest for a word that captured the nations hypocracy

Prohibition explores the rise and fall of the Eighteenth Amendment.

Ken Burns and Wynton Marsalis talk about putting together the score for Prohibition.

Watch Prohibition, where average citizens became lawbreakers.

Discover the true story of America's "Great Experiment" in PROHIBITION.

Discover the true story of America's "Great Experiment" in PROHIBITION.

The Volstead Act was much stricter than anticipated.

Ms. Willebrandt was the Asst. Attny Gen. in charge of Prohibition enforcement.

With the Volstead Act, ordinary criminals became wealthy selling illegal alcohol.

George Remus is caught by the government then put on trial.

Lou Alpern sold alcohol at his NYC cordial stores with the help of bribed policemen.

New York was Prohibition's biggest challenge.

Neither the states nor the federal government wanted to fund Prohibition.

Sylvester Mather talks about his father, Frank's tragic career as a Prohibition agent.

Paul Ward was a D.C. Bootlegger whose business took him into the Capital Building.

Boats would wait out at sea until nightfall to bring in illegal alcohol.

Don Ward talks about hiding illegal alcohol in Arlington Cemetery.

Eliza Jane Thompson led a group of women in prayer while protesting in front of saloons.

Many Americans drank more during Prohibition.

In 1913 Prohibitionists marched on Washington, D.C. to demand a Prohibition Amendment.

January 16, 1920 the 18th Amendment came into effect.

With the passage of the 16th Amendment, the Goverment no longer needed taxes from Alcohol

Lois Long, pen-name 'Lipstick,' wrote about speakeasies for the New Yorker.

Carry Nation vandalized saloons across Kansas in 1900.

An early prohibitionist, he was the wealthy mayor of Portland, Maine.

Adolphus Busch was the biggest brewer of his day.

The problem of drink would have to be overcome through legislation.

The history of Frances Willard and Mary Hanchett Hunt in the WCTU.

The Anti Saloon League made Prohibition into a wedge issue in elections.

Ken Burns discusses civility and democracy at the National Constitution Center.

Ken Burns discusses episode one of Prohibition.

Lynn Novick discusses episode one of Prohibition.

Watch the first minutes of episode one 'A Nation of Drunkards.'

Ken Burns and Lynn Novick discuss their film, Prohibition.