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  • The Time is Now
    With the passage of the 16th Amendment, the Goverment no longer needed taxes from Alcohol
  • Federal Funding
    Neither the states nor the federal government wanted to fund Prohibition.
  • New York Cordial Stores
    Lou Alpern sold alcohol at his NYC cordial stores with the help of bribed policemen.
  • Mabel Walker Willebrandt
    Ms. Willebrandt was the Asst. Attny Gen. in charge of Prohibition enforcement.
  • The Goons
    With the Volstead Act, ordinary criminals became wealthy selling illegal alcohol.
  • Kentucky Stills
    Sylvester Mather talks about his father, Frank's tragic career as a Prohibition agent.
  • Capitol Bootlegging
    Paul Ward was a D.C. Bootlegger whose business took him into the Capital Building.
  • Carry Nation
    Carry Nation vandalized saloons across Kansas in 1900.
  • Rum Row
    Boats would wait out at sea until nightfall to bring in illegal alcohol.
  • Drinking More
    Many Americans drank more during Prohibition.
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