Reasons for prohibition

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