Prohibition

The story of the rise, rule, and fall of prohibition and the entire era it encompassed.

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    A Nation of Hypocrites

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    By the late 1920s, many Americans believe that Prohibition has failed.

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    PBS Previews | Prohibition

    Ken Burns and Lynn Novick discuss their film, Prohibition.

About 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 from the devastating effects of alcohol abuse. But, paradoxically, the enshrining of a faith-driven moral code in the Constitution caused millions of Americans to rethink their definition of morality.

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