Project Prohibition Division of Public Programs Photo caption Prohibition Vote, 2/3/23. Courtesy of Library of Congress Photo caption Prohibition Vote, 2/3/23. Courtesy of Library of Congress Speakeasies, bootleggers, flappers, bathtub gin, and organized crime. Explore the roots of the Eighteenth Amendment, and its unintended consequences, with Ken Burns' Prohibition. View Project NEH Award Details Related on NEH.gov Blog American Spirits: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition November 5, 2012