Prohibition - Season 1 - Eps 3: A Nation of Hypocrites

Name: Eps 3: A Nation of Hypocrites
Released: 2011-10-04
Rating: 4.0

2011-10-04 • ? min • ⭐ 7.9/10

The factors that led to the end of Prohibition. The criminalizing of alcohol feeds large profits into the coffers of criminal organizations and turns such gangsters as Al Capone into celebrities. Wealthy Pauline Sabin encourages the repeal of the 18th Amendment; and brings together women from all classes who support her position. The 21st Amendment, which repeals the 18th, is adopted after Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1932 election and by late 1933 people can again legally buy drinks.

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About Prohibition

Title: Prohibition

First Air Date: 2011-10-02

Last Air Date: 2011-10-04

Status: Ended

Rating: 7.9/10 (from 46 votes)

Language: EN

Seasons: 2

Total Episodes: 3

Network: PBS

Genres: Documentary

Production Companies: WETA, Florentine Films

Synopsis

The history of the rise, rule and fall of the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and the entire era it encompassed (1920-33). After nearly a century of activism, Prohibition was intended to improve the lives of all citizens by protecting individuals, families and society at large from the devastating effects of alcohol abuse; but paradoxically it made millions of people rethink their definition of morality.