The Best Episodes Directed By Lynn Novick

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   #1 - A Nation of Drunkards

   S1:E110/2/2011

   The start of the temperance movement in the 19th century under the stewardship of such leaders as Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Frances Willard and Carry Nation; and the Anti-Saloon League, which pushed for a constitutional amendment that would ban the sale and manufacture of alcohol.

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   #2 - A Nation of Scofflaws

   S1:E210/3/2011

   The problems that the Volstead Act and Prohibition caused, including a possible increase in alcoholism due to women frequenting the illicit speakeasies that replaced male-only saloons; adulterated liquor that poisons some drinkers; and civil-rights violations by overzealous federal agents anxious to make arrests. Despite the public's growing opposition to the ban, few politicians dare to speak against it due to the political might of the Anti-Saloon League.

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   #3 - A Nation of Hypocrites

   S1:E310/4/2011

   The factors that led to the end of Prohibition. The criminalizing of alcohol feeds large profits into the coffers of criminal organizations and turns such gangsters as Al Capone into celebrities. Wealthy Pauline Sabin encourages the repeal of the 18th Amendment; and brings together women from all classes who support her position. The 21st Amendment, which repeals the 18th, is adopted after Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1932 election and by late 1933 people can again legally buy drinks.

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   #4 - The Golden Door (Beginnings — 1938)

   S1:E19/18/2022

   Reversing a history of open borders, a xenophobic backlash prompts Congress to restrict immigration. Hitler and the Nazis persecute German Jews, forcing many to seek refuge. FDR is concerned by the growing crisis but unable to coordinate a response.

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   #5 - Yearning to Breathe Free (1938 — 1942)

   S1:E29/20/2022

   As World War II begins, Americans are divided over whether to intervene against Nazi Germany. Some individuals and organizations work tirelessly to help refugees escape. Germany invades the USSR and secretly begins the mass murder of European Jews.

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   #6 - The Homeless, Tempest-Tossed (1942 — )

   S1:E39/21/2022

   A group of dedicated government officials fights red tape to support rescue operations. As the Allies liberate German camps, the public sees for the first time the sheer scale of the Holocaust and begins to reckon with its reverberations.

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   #7 - Déjà Vu (1858-1961)

   S1:E19/17/2017

   After a century of French occupation, Vietnam emerges independent but divided into North and South.

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