Americans have argued over alcohol for centuries. Since the early years of the American Republic, drinking has been at least as American as apple pie. As Episode 1: A Nation of Drunkards begins ...

"A Nation of Drunkards" – Part 1 of 3. Widespread alcohol consumption ignites the temperance movement. The 18th Amendment outlaws alcohol in 1917, but enforcing it proves to be a whole new ...

In 1920, Prohibition goes into effect, making it illegal to manufacture, transport or sell intoxicating liquor. ... Episode 1: "A Nation Of Drunkards" will repeat on Tuesday, ...

A century ago, Carry A. Nation became famous worldwide for demolishing illegal saloons with rocks, bricks and hatchets. She was the face of the female fight for Prohibition, which drained the ...

While Prohibition’s ... immeasurably greater than the disorderly conduct of a mob of drunkards. ... It became clear in the early 1930s that Prohibition was increasingly unpopular across the nation.

More than a century before anyone dreamed up a Big-Gulp ban, another civic-minded citizen decided that Americans were drinking too much for their own good, and had to be saved. Her name was Carry A… ...

The policy of prohibition would last. On January 16, 1919, Congress ratified the 18th Amendment which banned the manufacture, ... which had expanded throughout the nation by the early 20th century.

The Nation Magazine. Reason magazine offers a stinging critique of a new crop of increasingly draconian DUI laws titled, "Prohibition Returns!" One example: In Washington DC ...

Episode 3: "A Nation Of Hypocrites" - Support for Prohibition diminishes in the mid-1920s as the playfulness of sneaking around for a drink gives way to disenchantment with its glaring unintended ...