The US Turns Away from the World to Prohibition and Crime I Between 2 Wars I 1921 Part 1 of 2

[@TimeGhost]

Now... before all you modern liberals and modern conservatives get your panties in a bunch; listen carefully to what Indy says in this video _this is not about right or left wing politics in the modern sense, and this video is not about 2018_ any parallels you infer to today will by force be way, way off the mark, the world of the 1920s was a very different place. If you have the desire to draw parallels to today we can't stop you (we disagree on principle, but hey), in any case we're not telling this part of American history for that reason, this is just the way it happened and we have to cover these events and movements to understand yet another little piece of the puzzle that was laid as the foundation for World War Two. Also READ OUR RULES: RULES OF CONDUCT STAY CIVIL AND POLITE we will delete any comments with personal insults, or attacks. AVOID PARTISAN POLITICS AS FAR AS YOU CAN we reserve the right to cut off vitriolic debates. HATE SPEECH IN ANY DIRECTION will lead to a ban. RACISM, XENOPHOBIA, OR SLAMMING OF MINORITIES will lead to an immediate ban. PARTISAN REVISIONISM, ESPECIALLY HOLOCAUST AND HOLODOMOR DENIAL will lead to an immediate ban. Thanks for reading, and now.... let’s make history!

[@VladTevez]

_"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there. "_ L. P. Hartley

[@knutdergroe9757]

I Hate speech ! Make Music, Not Speech !

[@arthurstein-tarnowski4732]

TimeGhost History bro I know you’re a German but you’ve just ploughed through before anyone started adding someone not good almost brought your views far from it but been close bro

[@louisswanepoel1614]

In most cases it is important to remember what happened to prevent the bad things to repeat itself and also understand the world we live in. However sometimes people can just use the past as justification for whatever agenda they have in the present. And sadly you historians who just want to tell the story needs to mediate so much forces from different directions. It's almost as dangerous as journalism.

[@astrobot4017]

@@arthurstein-tarnowski4732 Indy is American, Spartacus and Astrid are from Sweden I think, is Flo on this channel?

[@tuomopoika]

I'm totally against corruption, but the president of United States asked me to his drinking parties in White House in the 1920s, I might make an exception.

[@billslocum9819]

I may be misinformed, but my recollection of what I read and heard is that Warren Harding was not personally corrupt, but surrounded himself with people who were because he was a lonely guy who trusted too much. He did drink, have affairs, and throw parties in the White House, but he didn't instigate things like the Teapot Dome scandal. His father was supposed to have said, regarding his son's inability to say no to people, that had Warren been a girl, he'd have been "in the family way all the time."

[@TimeGhost]

@@billslocum9819 there is much evidence that Harding was in fact very much involved with the Teapot Dome Scandal as a beneficiary - the investigation into his involvement never concluded due to his death, and no one on any side of the political divide had any great interest of proving that a now dead President had been a criminal, so they just left it as it was, inconclusive. This gave his family the opportunity to make him look more like a dope than a crook, which they understandably seized upon. Now, almost 100 years later with a bit more dispassion, most historians agree that the partial records show he was an active culprit in the scheme - the smoking gun being the executive order that he signed that was constructed explicitly to give Fall the opportunity to do what he did. In and of itself the order is obscure enough, but when you look at it in context of the following events it looks like there was clear intent there. What also seems clear is that Coolidge was not involved in any way or even in the know to the whole affair, so the 'nice' description of Harding as an innocent man just caught up with the wrong crowd is better applied to his vice and successor.

[@AQuietNight]

@@TimeGhost That matter could be debated a little. I understand Harding was not the brightest bulb on the rack and it was more important to him that you liked him above all else. This would cause him to enter into associations that did not serve him well. Still, a full investigation would prove interesting.

[@TimeGhost]

@@AQuietNight It would, bit it will also be difficult - they didn't leave much of paper trail regarding Harding.

[@davidschock9952]

@@TimeGhost There should be bank records available one would think and purchases of property and other items that would have a public record. I have never heard this before about his personal corruption and would hope it is more than just speculation. If he had his hands in the pot there has to be evidence. Were his heirs suddenly wealthy?

[@proxel96]

"The idea of banning the sale, distribution and consumption of alcohol is considered a progressive idea. That has been brewing" nice one ;)

[@Legitpenguins99]

"most Americans where opposed to it, but both parties supported it by a broad majority" I feel this perfectly highlights the huge disconnect between politicians and most Americans that exists to this day

[@louisswanepoel1614]

Actually most of the world too, but what's new? Nothing really, sadly.

[@Veylon]

Think of Prohibition like Brexit. Everyone knew that saloons were terrible, that people drank too much alcohol, and alcoholism was a problem. Something had to be done about it. So they supported the Temperance movement, not realizing exactly what form Prohibition would take in practice.

[@alfin3644]

Veylon's Channel "Think of Prohibition like Brexit" ?????? Way to stretch it out to match your narrative.

[@shawngilliland243]

@Victor Samoja - What a lot of nerve the Temperance Movement had in referring to their schemes as in any way being "temperate".

[@soulscanner66]

​@Arjen Zwamborn Perhaps temperance worked, though. Americans don't drink nearly as much as they used to.

[@TheNN]

To anyone reading this, whether you are from the USA or not, lemme kinda explain more WHY Prohibition was such (and should still be considered) a massive deal. It was an Amendment. Meaning, an alteration/addition to the Constitution of the United States. The FOUNDING DOCUMENT of the nation. Not merely a law on the Federal level, no, an Amendment. That's the kind of numbers and clout the movement had. It takes a 2/3s majority of both the House and Senate to pass, then the President signs or vetoes (Wilson vetoed) it, and if vetoed it is voted on again and there we go. Congress still passed it in spite of the veto, such was the push to have this happen. So powerful was the movement that they would literally be able to tell politicians, "If you don't agree with this, you will not be voted back into office, period." And they meant it. Although in turn, someone smart enough at the time could probably slide into office as such just on that alone. But why was it an Amendment and not merely a law? Well... it wasn't just to figuratively 'flex' their muscles, it was to prevent any exceptions or undercutting of it. Take, to use a modern example, marijuana. Federally, it is illegal to have/grow/distribute the plant in any way, but there's an entire LAUNDRY LIST of exceptions to that rule, on the federal, state, and local levels throughout the country, some states making it totally legal. By having it be an Amendment, it meant nothing...NOTHING could undermine it, also this meant any laws in regards to making exceptions could instead be undercut and stopped with the line of 'Well it is illegal to do anything with alcohol, and trying to pass a law that allows anything for it is unconstitutional." That's the kind of absolutism that having it be an Amendment meant.The entire country now had to obey the absolute law (whether they agreed with it or not) that alcohol, in any way shape or form, was illegal, full stop, no exceptions. The problem really was that the movement thought that's all that needed to happen, and expected the problem to just vanish once they got the Amendment passed. Obviously as we know now, it didn't, and instead spawned the beginning of DECADES of organized crime we're still dealing with in some form or fashion to this day. Anyways, hope you enjoyed my long comment here, simply wanted to pass along more the reasoning why it happened the way it did, since most people tend to focus on the consequences of Prohibition, rather than the reasoning.

[@willyreeves319]

It was also the understanding at the time that banning a product was outside the authority the Constitution gave the federal government. So the amendment was needed to give that authority. Today we ignore whether the federal government has the legal authority to ban or require products or activities out of political expedience.

[@TheStephaneAdam]

It was a great post, thanks!

[@josephteller9715]

It is important to remember that elections worked differently then. Senators were appointed by governors, not elected at all. And Gerrymandering was big in a lot of the dry states, and Jim Crow laws were in force in the south. Additionally Prohibition was a racist/religionist/classist law. Certain sects of Protestantism were behind the movement, while Catholics (who used wine in their rituals) were opposed it. Catholics were primarily immigrants, and many poor, by the standards of the Protestants, and the Protestants wanted to stem immigration and figured they could influence decisions based on this law. (They also saw Catholics as inherently violent, especially those of Irish, Italian, Spanish, and Mexican (as well as Eastern European) origin. The Irish and Italians ended up dominating the alcohol smuggling because of this, they saw it as a racist attack against them by the government. Many an Italian or Irish family would brew their own alcohol to get around the system. The Protestant Politicians etc did the whole stockpiling thing for themselves and had their own private clubs and channels of supply (even in some cases actually IN government buildings). They wanted to deny immigrants and the poor alcohol, but not themselves. Prohibition helped cause our modern drug problems... as it increased the use of cocaine, opiates and other drugs (which were so much easier to smuggle and were legal for many medicinal purposes). Once established in use on a larger scale they became a profitable criminal enterprise.

[@colombiansRul3s]

@@josephteller9715 I think modern drug problem is more heavily affected by a few south american events and people.

[@TheStephaneAdam]

@@colombiansRul3s Nah, that's backwards. The cartels became a disruptive south-american problem because the Cartels are feeding a need in the massive North-American market. That need comes from somewhere, Pablo Escobar never forced anyone to buy cocaine. And the current opiates crisis has nothing to do with South America eighter. Most illegal opium comes from Afghanistan, fentanyl is a legit drug, made legally, used in an illegal way. Blame the war on drug, the modern equivalent to prohibition. 1% of the US population behind bars, more with a criminal file reducing them to being second class citizens, 60 000 dead each year. The equivalent of twenty 9/11 attacks.

[@redbaron2829]

“He crushes Cox with with a landslide”

[@andreivaldez2929]

Destroy Dick December: Mission Accomplished

[@Coconutscott]

And I think we all know how painful that can be.

[@viperblitz11]

Election cycles take a whole year. Therefore it was Crush Cox Calendar.

[@michaelmorley9363]

Fun fact: according to the memoirs of Warner Brothers animator Chuck Jones, Warren G. Harding was the inspiration for Daffy Duck.

[@johnkirk7397]

This series is soo under rated. It's really good and well researched. Thank you for doing this series even if it doesent get as much attention as WW2 week by week. Can't wait for the next episode and gooduck with the rest.

[@hybridh3r0]

I'm a simple man. I see Time Ghost has uploaded a video and I click like.

[@zombsk98]

@Richard Richardson oooohhhh yes! Time Ghosts and Historia make me excited every time they post - their WW2 videos every saturday make my lunch time much more enjoyable :)

[@zombsk98]

@Richard Richardson Yeah its neat we exist! Although I may not be as mad as you are ;) heh - I've not heard of Tik History (or maybe I have and I can't remember lol) so i'll try them out; they sound pretty interesting! Historia is really great too - binge watched him during an exam period... biiiiig mistake haha

[@john_smith_john]

you're simple with your generic, overused stupid comments. come up with your own words man.

[@TheIbney00]

“We must understand that at this time American progressivism has nothing to do with left or right politics” Holy shit Indie Thank you.

[@HawkinsCM]

Definitely not left or right politics as they exist at this time. But it was definitely a Republican thing seeing as there were very few Democrat presidents between 1860 and 1933. Ideologically, that's where it's tough to say.

[@davidschwartz5127]

Not sure I buy that!

[@ryanjapan3113]

@@HawkinsCM technically Wilson is considered a progressive of that era.

[@Post-Trib]

Woodrow Wilson is the 1st progressive president and democrat. He was also a racist/segregationist who showed the film Birth of a Nation. The KKK was and still is an extension of the DNC much like today with AntiFa and BLM. So early 1900s is the beginning of the Progressive ideology which is rooted in Fabian Socialism

[@andersonandrighi4539]

About the Prohibition Era. I'd like to point out two things: 1- It not only failed, but it led to more deaths. Alcohol was being brewed without the supervision of professionals. Moonshine might be part of the culture of the South (American South), but in the 1920s that culture killed people. Too many amateurs were selling poison as a drink and alcohol is part of human culture for more time than we can actually record. 2- It had little concern for other drugs. The Prohibition Act did not turn hemp (as it was known back them Cannabis) illegal, nor it did for opium and Cocaine. Both had a large consumer market in veterans of World War I. Opium would remain popular in the United States, although illegal well over World War II and veterans of the Second Great War would also become addicted to it. Morphine is based on Opium.

[@Bkings7]

The Harrison Narcotics Act dealt with the regulation of things such as opiates

[@nathanbrown8680]

Cannibis doesn't directly turn people violent. It tends rather towards lethargy and possibly hallucinations. Opiates are less benign with nastier halucinations but they mostly harm the users. Alcohol is different. Some people are quiet drunks or happy drunks, but some people are violent when drunk and wanting to prevent them from having access to alcohol is understandable.

[@Bkings7]

@@nathanbrown8680 most drugs don't turn people violent not just marijuana blaming it on the drugs is just a easy copout

[@nathanbrown8680]

@CipiRipi00 For most drugs it is the *illegality* of the drug that causes violence. Some hallucinogens can cause delusions that can lead to violence over prolonged use. Alcohol suppresses inhibitions. Inhibitions are important. They prevent people from doing stupid things and one of the stupid things many people have a suppressed urge to do is get in fights.

[@kraanz]

The fact that you think hemp and cannabis are the same, says a lot.

[@WandererRTF]

Just to note - there was prohibition elsewhere too during that era as well. For example the newly independent Finland had 'kieltolaki' (i.e. prohibition) in place from 1919 to 1931. And just like its US counterpart that too was an utter failure in many ways. It encouraged smuggling & corruption and led to increase in other crimes as well. It was both homemade as well as smuggled from Estonia, Germany and especially from Poland (common nickname for the 'pirtu' - from 'spiritus fortis' - was 'Varsovan laulu' or 'the Song of Warsow'). Interestingly the Finnish prohibition may have also lead to trade embargoes against Finland from the part of the liquor/alcohol exporting countries.

[@shawngilliland243]

@WandererRTF - I had no idea that Finland had Prohibition, too. That is so surprising to me! This channel is so great - not only do I learn a lot from the episodes, I learn even more from some of the comments, like yours. Thank you for sharing that part of Finnish history with us.

[@darthcheney7447]

great episode folks. let me give you all a little me family history. great grandfather was a wayne county sheriff(detroit is part of wayne county) during prohibition and his job was to recieve booze from canada from a mile across the detroit river and then escort the booze to a farm turned airfield in farmington hills. on sundays, my greatgrandfather and the rest of his cop buddies would load up the roadsters(buick was my family brand) and drive to the farm turned airfield in farmington hills on sundays, and while the wives and children had picnics, the men folk flew their brand new war surplus curtiss jenny's they all bought for about $600. all the while a never ending line of trucks from chicago would line up and go in the barn to load up, then go back to chicago.

[@minuteman4199]

The Seagram's distillary in Windsor that supplied the booze is still in operation.

[@Beowulf_DW]

It never ceases to amaze me that every American family seems to have a story about breaking the law during Prohibition. It really goes to show just how useless the whole thing was. My greatgrandfather was a bartender at a speakeasy. The night he was arrested was also the night my grandmother was born, and that was all the excuse the cops needed to let him go.

[@darthcheney7447]

@@minuteman4199 indeed sir, they never turned off their lights ever during prohibition.

[@darthcheney7447]

@@Beowulf_DW yah, even more so that my great grandfather was a cop and quite the corrupt cop as well.

[@braziliankaiser8304]

DarthCheney So he was a criminal ?

[@indianajones4321]

Happy New year 1919

[@JanSanono]

_That's just how mafia works_

[@clevermcgenericname891]

Lets ban alcohol! What could go wrong? *Laughs in Thompson Gun*

[@tomalexander4327]

These are really well produced. Pat on the back to the Editor!

[@RoyRogerer]

This was a fantastically interesting video for me. I never drew the connection of the inner trouble of US even affecting the outcome of the further world politics in such way. I always thought the end of WW1 was rather a contained matter within Europe and treaty of Versailles. This is something what I love to learn about history. They are never quite as simple as they seem, because there are so many different things at play at the same time, and you truly have to consider them altogether. Thanks for another great episode!

[@HawkinsCM]

I imagine that picture Indy painted of how America's domestic situation affected the world is controversial. Wilson was hugely unpopular for all sorts of reasons and Britain/France were never going to let anyone get in the way of them punishing Germany. The reception of the 14 points and League of Nations is not explained in great detail and the effect of its failure is overstated, in my opinion. It comes off to me like Wilson is getting very favorable treatment. He was perhaps the worst president we ever had in terms of his personal views/behavior and his actions/policies. A racist through and through who doomed us to have the Presidency become the centerpiece of American politics with massive power.

[@YekouriGaming]

Most of the Planet outside of Central Africa and some of outskirt Asia and middle-east was not much effected post WW1, but almost everything else was. Some could even trace most of all current conflicts back to post WW1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ongoing_armed_conflicts

[@ScooterWeibels]

Reminds me of my grandfather who played saxophone and banjo in speakeasies in Manhattan during prohibition.

[@clemsonpacer1]

I hope Indy was able to expense the Boardwalk Empire Box set for the research of this episode.

[@JagerLange]

And a moonshine still. Y'know, for research.

[@WinstonGuitar]

All I can say is, "damn, this guy is good." I remember back in high school and early college, I'd walk into a class, sit down and the prof. would start talking, I'd start taking notes and realize that, against all odds, against all expectations, I was actually learning something. OK, it only happened a couple times, but this guy's videos bring back such memories.

[@Karl-Benny]

Love your Background setting

[@8bitrandomencounter]

I want a timeghost US Reconstruction, US Gilded Age, Victorian England, Seven Years War, and Napoleonic Wars.

[@sjinnie_boy4988]

Great and informative video as always!

[@javierborda8684]

this channel is crazy good

[@rush1461]

looking at them ladies in the poster to stop drinking,,,good grief id be drinking more

[@TechShowdown]

Lmao can't agree more

[@jeffreyroot7346]

I was thinking that very thing, no desire to touch their lips at all!

[@dhyde9207]

That was a parody. Those are men in drag.

[@richardbourke9412]

Damn. I've read a lot of history books in my time. But this project is the best I've ever seen. And I found it so late. They're almost finished WW2!

[@TheSamstergangster]

HI Indy, you are without doubt one of the best narrators ive heard in many a long year, keep it up, love your shows, richy

[@TimeGhost]

Thanks, Richy! Always nice to hear.

[@russellstauffer2994]

Excellent show, TimeGhost team! I think you have hit upon several historic points which we in our time must remember, like the good times in the stock markets could end, plunging the world into chaos.

[@brandon074]

Teapot Dome is near my hometown of Casper, Wyoming!!!!! Proud to be from there.

[@xeagaort]

Wow it’s almost like the same thing is happening with the War on Drugs.

[@Macaroth1]

Yes, it was bad policy back then and it is bad policy now. And pretty much exactly for the same reasons.

[@Jrookus]

xeagaort both things started out of good basic ideas (less drug use and the destruction of alcohol) and then got warped and twisted

[@danzemacabre8899]

When there is a demand, there will always be a supply. The war on drugs is wasteful and idiotic. Improve the economic conditions of the poor and working class and promote the re-establishment of the family unit as America's true base, and the demand would decrease as would the supply.

[@elgatto3133]

@@danzemacabre8899 The family unit has nothing to do with it.

[@danzemacabre8899]

@@elgatto3133 to say it has nothing to do with it , is an answer coming from ignorance. Is the deterioration of the family unit the sole reason ? Of course not. But it plays a huge role in many of the problems , drug addiction, lack of education, etc. The numbers don't lie. Majority of people dealing with addiction come from a lack of one or both parents not being present.

[@TheMrMitosis]

Great video keep up the amazing work Indy and team

[@fat1fared]

Got to love Indy talking about prohibition with his whiskey next to him.

[@Prin7er]

Could you give me information on the art of the lady in green over your right shoulder? It's simply beautiful and I would love to acquire a copy.

[@TimeGhost]

Sure - you can read more about the whole set here: community.timeghost.tv/t/between-2-wars-set-design-is-it-period/230

[@antipyrene]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamara_de_Lempicka

[@Prin7er]

@@TimeGhost Thank You. She just Mesmerizes me. Young Lady With Gloves

[@williestyle35]

The art is nice. Though I personally like the beautiful old heater. (:

[@samd2013]

I’ve been waiting for this episode forever

[@69thPredator]

My great grandmother was a bootlegger in South Texas. Those were definitely interesting times.

[@steelcityterps]

My man has been living the dream doing this for years and I LOVE IT.

[@angels2online]

Great video, as always!

[@haraldbald5964]

Indy, that tumbler at your left elbow is GIANT. One might say HUGE.

[@ajax377]

Very interesting episode. Thanks!

[@Artur_M.]

Cheers to temperance!

[@cliftondean4333]

Re: Prohibition. My grandfather was very opposed to alcohol consumption, to the point that he left a church in the 1960s because it served wine during Communion. During Prohibition he found an illegal still on his property (a farm) and very properly reported it to the authorities. (if he had ignored it and someone else reported it he would have been prosecuted.) The still was raided, but only a shack remained without the equipment. Some while later, the family awoke to a nighttime call of "fire." The family escaped, but when my grandfather went to the basement and started his gasoline water pump in order to fight the fire, it sucked air. Between the well and the pump the water line had been dug in and cut. Everyone in town knew (and if you inquire in Peacham, Vermont, even today, 100 years later, you can probably get the name) who owned the still, but there were no prosecutions either for alcohol or for arson.

[@StraboSE]

My great grandmother apparently worked for Capone as a early warning watcher for speakeasies, her son became a Chicago politician. Figures.

[@StraboSE]

Sorry Great, Great grandma

[@troy9477]

Yeah. Chicago has been corrupt for probably a century and a half. Sad.

[@chrisgott3456]

History never repeats itself, but it rhymes.

[@jesperkthomsen]

History lessons at a whole new and wonderful level. Keep it up!

[@markmelvin299]

I thought the War Against Humanity series of videos was the most brilliant thing I'd watched on KZbin but this series matches it in terms of detail and Indy's presentation. In my opinion, this period of world history is the most important way to see how the world today really came about and how at the time relatively small changes can have such dramatic impact later on. Policy makers should realise that simply kicking the can down the road really actually solves nothing. In fact it makes things worse in the end. Thanks for the series. I shall be following you very closely going forward.

[@TimeGhost]

Thank you for your kind words and your support!

[@hoangkimviet8545]

It seems thats the US was drunk almost 100 years ago :-0

[@TimeGhost]

Isn't it just so ironic...

[@davidlogansr8007]

With great distinction!

[@rsmith5606]

Great video, I love all of your work on this topics and greatly appreciate it! Your videos have the in-depth yet quick history dives that I crave, and I share your videos with my fellow students whenever I can. Thank you so much! And, if I may, I would disagree with saying that the progressive era began with Lincoln, after the Civil War the radical Republicans slowly lost power and drive to implement change, and industrial monopolies bought off much off the government, throughout the 'Gilded Age', with the Progressive era starting definitively with Theodore Roosevelt, but I understand that that's a lot of complex and off topic info that isn't really needed here. But anyway, thanks again so much!

[@shawngilliland243]

" . . . that has been brewing throughout the Progressive Era" - great play on words, Indy! The most nefarious long-term effects of Prohibition were the corruption and the lack of respect for the law that were results of that bizarre experiment.

[@AdrianArmbruster]

TimeGhost Coast to Coast.

[@Wallguardian]

The Lighting still seems a bit off, but otherwise the content was great!!! Love your interwar videos!

[@TimeGhost]

This was shot back in the summer of 2018, so no improvements that we've made could be visible ;-) due to the incredible amount of effort we had to muster to launch WW2, we're only getting to this now.

[@wilhelmklink3401]

America: Stays out of world politics Rest of the World: How dare you? America: Gets into world politics Rest of the world: How dare you?

[@bryonrbn]

There's a big difference between getting involved and directing for advantage, of course. All the presidents referred to are known racists and by women's suffrage, they did in fact mean white women only.

[@bethanycook8430]

Another great video!!!❤❤❤keep up the great work

[@agustinarias2824]

What a nice glass you have on the table, Indy!

[@ScooterWeibels]

Where I live was a common spot for picking up alcohol brought to shore by boat.

[@jessa2973]

Prohibition yet another example of treating the symptoms rather than the cause with all the attendant harm

[@gerardxo7870]

I think it was amazing how you were playing The National anthem. While talking about early america and as soon as you hit Woodrow, Wilson, it cuts out. Genius move My respects to you

[@majcorbin]

HEY INDY GOOD TO HEAR FROM YOU ONCE MORE. love the set but miss your old desk.

[@TimeGhost]

Its brother can be found in the most recent WW2 episodes.

[@luisfelipegoncalves4977]

Make the dicktionary episode about H.P. Lovecraft with T for Terror

[@mist1660]

Yess plz

[@nesa1126]

20s were weird. Understandably... Nice one team. Have a great 2019. Lots of love from Serbia

[@nesa1126]

Also, legalize weed, prohibition doesn't work :D

[@christopherrasmussen8718]

My great grandad was a rum runner out of Atlantic city. My grandad was a teenage runner. I grew up hearing about Meyer Lansky and lots of other ones.

[@MolcanAnti]

"Cheers to temperance" ... brilliant :D

[@GoodmanMIke59]

I've joined you on patreon. You always have a link to some other series video. The thing is I would like to watch these and succession. It is not impossible to find but it would help if you had another distinct link that took a viewer to the next video on the series.

[@kennebecsmitty]

Maine & Vermont were also "dry" states prior to the 18th Amendment.

[@calebkeane7549]

Excellent video Andy! MY favorite of the interwar series! PS Bring FLo to this show as well he did great job!

[@sajuuk9432]

Hate to be "that guy" but at 4:02 there is a typo, addressing is missing one of it's d's. Love all your work and other channels TimeGhost crew!

[@TimeGhost]

Our apologies

[@agnyr]

I like that you doubled your dosage of drink at the end in the episode leading to the Prohibition :D

[@TheFanoren]

I had to rewind the video at the start. Once the star spangled banner came on I reflexively sought out the closest American flag and saluted it

[@davidschock9952]

I love your channel and I have watched probably 50 or more shows. Your information is always spot on. I have a question about this program. You (Indy) stated that Harding was actively involved in the corruption of Albert Fall and I guess maybe others. I have never read or heard that before. Can you give me the source for this? I would like to read more about this.

[@keeroy]

perfect as usual. i´m always impatiently waiting for the next episode. and i really appreciate the political neutrality.

[@Mrhalligan39]

keeroy Aside from the blanket statement at the beginning, there wasn’t a whole lot of political neutrality. Not as bad as Howard Zinn, but definitely written in Social Democrat.

[@leekronforst4589]

7:12 good luck with that! I see the development of the term battleax/hatchetface in their mugs.

[@melprestondickson7291]

Excellent

[@jamesmunro8804]

At 11:07 You refer to "Dean O'Banion." AS a Chicagoan,I had to look that up because we've all called him "Dion." I looked it up, and you were right - the Chicago papers called him "Dion. So I learned something new!

[@67nairb]

3:33 that was a poster from about 1970 during the Vietnam War poking fun at James Montgomery Flagg's I Want You For U.S. Army poster during WWI with the image of Uncle Sam pointing to you.

[@jacobmasters438]

Where can I find a light fixture like you have on the shelf? It is absolutely fabulous!!

[@SpartacusColo]

For the 2020 shutdowns in Colorado, the City of Denver started the ball rolling on closing the liquor stores and weed dispensaries, with the State looking to follow suit soon after. People flocked to both, and the ban was lifted within four hours.

[@hannahskipper2764]

I love your "cheers to temperance". It's after 10:30 and I'm laughing!

[@trinalgalaxy5943]

fun fact, Jack Daniels Whiskey is distilled in a dry county to this day. the very first county in the country to pass prohibition (not the first state)

[@davidschwartz5127]

I'm not sure you can blame Harding for December 7th, 1941, that's kind of a stretch?

[@mufflejoy]

Gotta love a presentation of prohibition with a two finger bourbon sitting on the desk - don't tell me it's apple juice. Brilliant :-)

[@Torment87]

Big Jim Colomiso? I think you mean Big Jim Colosimo there Indy... Still, good episode. Can't wait for the episode about the den of decadence that was pre-Nazi Berlin.

[@brandtlucasbrandt]

I feel like drinking absinthe during this episode feels appropriate. So that's why I'm doing it.

[@JoeyOnly]

these are great!!!!

[@TimeGhost]

Thanks!

[@BlackfyreHD]

Damn, I really could of used this video back during my GCSE's

[@mommachupacabra]

My first boyfriend's family owned Meyer Lansky's summer house down the shore. Ah, Atlantic City area memories.

[@elementalglass3463]

Jeez, Indy I keep waiting for you to take a sip but now prohibition is passed.

[@patwiggins6969]

Cheers!

[@rbf100]

Woodrow Wilson was brilliant in his opposition to Prohibition.

[@Sketch1ish]

My family were moonshiners and bootleggers in Tennessee. Spent my young years dealing pot so i guess the attitudes got passed down lol

[@fliporhold]

My research indicates there was a huge war within the gop between the traditional republicans like Coolidge, Harding and the progressive bullmoose faction. Fall was a TR bullmoose and Harding reached out in an attempt to heal the rift.. Teapot dome was handled above water... It was an open bid and the highest bidder won. The problem was that afterwards Fall requested a commision, to be described as a loan so he could find a giant cattle ranch. Something Harding was completely unaware of. Harding was hated because he broke an illegal strike against the railroads which was extending the deep depression at the end of the Wilson term.

[@HootOwl513]

Colosimo, not Colomiso. Vincenzo ''James'' ,''Big Jim'', ''Diamond Jim'' Colosimo is believed to have been whacked by his own crew, namely Torrio and Capone, when he wouldn't go whole hog into the alcohol business. Dean O'Banion is correct. For years newspapers misspelled his first name as 'Dion'. I was also in the boys choir of Holy Name Cathredral [Class of '64] and coincidentally worked as a delivery boy for a Michigan Ave florist. [Funny, I always wondered why the Dozen Roses boxes werre big enough to hold an M1921 Thompson w/ 50 round drum.]

[@ФилиппЛыков-д8е]

Cheers to temperance :)

[@BirchBarlow]

I'll drink to that!

[@NuiJagaa]

I know it's not the focus of the video, but describing the Banana Wars as 'expanding US influence in South America' is a pretty benign spin on what was essentially economic imperialism.

[@Crimethoughtfull]

Tea Pot Dome!! Wow! I haven't heard of that in, like, 20 years...b/c I was a history nerd in High School. LOL

[@troy9477]

The good old days, when politicians were openly corrupt, so at least u knew what u were dealing with........and Chicago still seems that way.

[@stevenmoore4612]

To call the United States the “greatest country in the world” can be controversial these days! I’m an American originally from Germany. I can say that America has given me some great opportunities. The ideals of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness have been a major part in my life. I truly appreciate what this country has done for me! 🇺🇸 🇩🇪

[@shawngilliland243]

@Stephan Mohr - though I was born in the US, not all of my great-grandparents were, and I for one am very happy to have Americans by choice like you living here in the US.

[@pawelzybulskij3367]

when rest of the world sucked in most of XX century. US was indeed greatest country in the world.

[@Spacklatard]

7:10 LOL! I believe I'll stick with the liquor thankyou ma'am

[@shaider1982]

Interestingly enough, according to the covert shores website, moonshiners had a so called moonshine boat that functioned like a narco boat today but for alcohol.

[@joshuasill1141]

There are still states today that have wet and dry counties. I believe that the county Jack Daniel's Tennessee whiskey is distilled in is dry, as are most of the counties that Kentucky bourbon is distilled in. Laws also do vary with regards to alcohol like can't sell/buy it on a Sunday, or after 10 pm or 12am.