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Clip: Episode 1 | Intro

Season 1 Episode 1 | 4m 56s

During the 1800's with the rise of whiskey and other hard liquors, alcoholism was a big problem.

Funding is provided by Bank of America; PBS; CPB; The National Endowment for the Humanities; The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations; members of the Better Angels Society, including the Montrone Family through The Penates Foundation; and Park Foundation, Inc.
Extras
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.
Sexual mores start to change for Women during Prohibition.
With the passage of the 16th Amendment, the Goverment no longer needed taxes from Alcohol
January 16, 1920 the 18th Amendment came into effect.
Al Capone is finally caught by the government for failing to file income tax.
With the Volstead Act, ordinary criminals became wealthy selling illegal alcohol.
Lois Long, pen-name 'Lipstick,' wrote about speakeasies for the New Yorker.
The 1928 Presidental election was a bitter battle of dirty politics directed at Al Smith.