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9:00 am
Prohibition
"A Nation of Scofflaws"
Now illegal to manufacture, transport or sell intoxicating liquor, millions of law-abiding Americans become lawbreakers overnight. Weaknesses in the Volstead Act and its enforcement become clear. Many become victims of the law; alcoholism still exists, and women begin to drink in the speakeasies that replace the male-only saloon. Part 2 of 3G
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11:00 am
Prohibition
"A Nation of Hypocrites"
The law gives savvy gangsters a way to make huge profits with rival outfits wreaking havoc across the country. Al Capone holds press conferences and signs autographs. Wealthy Pauline Sabin unifies women of all classes to refute the notion all women support Prohibition. In 1932, Congress easily passes the 21st Amendment to repeal the 18th. Part 3 of 3G
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1:00 pm
Global Voices
"I Was Worth 50 Sheep"
Following a long practiced tradition in Afghanistan, 10-year-old Sabere was sold to a man in his fifties. For the next six years she was both slave and wife, miscarrying four times. Now at sixteen, she is fighting for her freedom. D
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2:00 pm
Prohibition
"A Nation of Drunkards"
Alcohol, embedded in the fabric of American culture since Colonial times, by 1830 was dangerously abused with a national consumption three times today's use. A spiritual fervor sweeps the country, igniting a temperance campaign even as European immigrants arrive with their own drinking customs. Carrie Nation attacks bars with stones and hatchets. The Anti-Saloon League (ASL) forms to push for a Constitutional amendment outlawing alcohol nationally - and succeeds. Part 1 of 3G
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4:00 pm
Prohibition
"A Nation of Scofflaws"
Now illegal to manufacture, transport or sell intoxicating liquor, millions of law-abiding Americans become lawbreakers overnight. Weaknesses in the Volstead Act and its enforcement become clear. Many become victims of the law; alcoholism still exists, and women begin to drink in the speakeasies that replace the male-only saloon. Part 2 of 3G
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6:00 pm
Prohibition
"A Nation of Hypocrites"
The law gives savvy gangsters a way to make huge profits with rival outfits wreaking havoc across the country. Al Capone holds press conferences and signs autographs. Wealthy Pauline Sabin unifies women of all classes to refute the notion all women support Prohibition. In 1932, Congress easily passes the 21st Amendment to repeal the 18th. Part 3 of 3G
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8:00 pm
Global Voices
"I Was Worth 50 Sheep"
Following a long practiced tradition in Afghanistan, 10-year-old Sabere was sold to a man in his fifties. For the next six years she was both slave and wife, miscarrying four times. Now at sixteen, she is fighting for her freedom. D
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9:00 pm
Prohibition
"A Nation of Drunkards"
Alcohol, embedded in the fabric of American culture since Colonial times, by 1830 was dangerously abused with a national consumption three times today's use. A spiritual fervor sweeps the country, igniting a temperance campaign even as European immigrants arrive with their own drinking customs. Carrie Nation attacks bars with stones and hatchets. The Anti-Saloon League (ASL) forms to push for a Constitutional amendment outlawing alcohol nationally - and succeeds. Part 1 of 3G
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11:00 pm
Prohibition
"A Nation of Scofflaws"
Now illegal to manufacture, transport or sell intoxicating liquor, millions of law-abiding Americans become lawbreakers overnight. Weaknesses in the Volstead Act and its enforcement become clear. Many become victims of the law; alcoholism still exists, and women begin to drink in the speakeasies that replace the male-only saloon. Part 2 of 3G
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