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Ken Burns: The Prohibition Idea

Ken Burns: The Prohibition Idea

Ken Burns discusses Episode One of Prohibition, and what the United States was going through during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Preview Length 01:37 Premiere: 10/2/11

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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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S1 E3 Length 1:46:36 Premiere Date 10/4/11

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S1 E2 Length 1:51:59 Premiere Date 10/3/11

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Length 22:35 Premiere Date 10/20/17

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