Prohibition was not solely an evangelical movement ... Without the word “traffic,” our understanding of history gets out of whack. We vilify prohibitionists as crusaders of puritan morality ...
When the Prohibition era in the United States began ... Certainly, previous attempts to outlaw the use of alcohol in American history had fared poorly. When a Massachusetts town banned the sale ...
Prohibition was intended to improve ... this unique period in American history. Sign up to get updates about the film and future projects from Ken Burns and Florentine Films.
"You should think of the Prohibition Party as an exercise in living history," says Jim Hedges, treasurer to the party, which is the third-oldest in the US. "We're trying to keep the concept alive ...
President Herbert Hoover called Prohibition "the Noble Experiment". Its supporters believed that problems in society caused by alcohol could be solved by government legislation. close government ...
Prohibition already existed Prohibition had a long history in the USA at both local and state level. For example, the state of Maine turned ‘dry’ in 1851. Temperance groups Many campaigning ...