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What groups supported prohibition
The women's Christian temperance Union - 1873
Anti-saloon league - 1895
How many states limited the sale of alcohol
26 in 1906-19
What did female reformers argue
Consumption of alcohol = wife and child abuse
What did Henry ford and other industrialists argue
Drinking reduced work output and efficiency
What did religious groups argue
Alcohol was root of sin and evil
Why was it thought that prohibition would be good for America
It would reinforce traditional American values and make immigrants to follow these values too
What were American citizens
God-fearing, hard-working, family oriented and thrifty
What did the Prohibition amendment do
Stopped the manufacture, sale or transportation of intoxicating liquors
Did not outlaw buying or drinking alcohol
Did not define intoxicating liquors
when was the prohibition amendment passed
Ratified in congress January 1919
what did the volstead act do
defined intoxicating liquors - anything with more than 0.5% of alcohol
IRS became responsible for enforcing prohibition
When was the volstead act passed
1920
what origins did many brewers have
German origins
what was beer’s nickname
the kaiser’s brew
what did kaiser mean
German emperor
Who banned beer and when
banned in september 1918
President woodrow wilson banned it until end of war
how did America declaring war on Germany effect people’s views
The temperance movement and anti saloon league saw prohibition as patriotic
What did the women's Christian temperance movement and the anti-saloon league do
Mane prohibition a top political issue
Who argued that consumption of alcohol linked with child abuse and wife abuse
Female reformers
Who argued that drinking reduced efficiency and output at work?
Henry Ford and industrialists
Who saw alcohol as root of sin and evil
Religious groups
Who saw prohibition as patriotic
Temperance movement and anti saloon league
What did president Woodrow Wilson ban
Beer
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