The Last Night of the Bubbling Glass: The Passage of the 18th Amendment

September 24th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 2 mins

18th amendment, 1919, american history, prohibition, season 1, temperance, woman suffrage

By 1914, the temperance movement had achieved significant gains in its goal to outlaw the sale of alcohol in the United States. But every push for nationwide prohibition had failed. Would the war--and the accompanying anti-German hysteria--give the Anti-Saloon League enough power to cross the finish line? Was a golden age of sobriety waiting on the other side?