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The Prohibition era was the period from 1920 to 1933 when the United States prohibited the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages. [1] The alcohol industry was curtailed by a succession of state legislatures, and Prohibition was formally introduced nationwide under the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified on January 16, 1919.
The Drunkard's Progress: A lithograph by Nathaniel Currier supporting the temperance movement, January 1846.. In the United States, the temperance movement, which sought to curb the consumption of alcohol, had a large influence on American politics and American society in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, culminating in the prohibition of alcohol, through the Eighteenth Amendment to the ...
Michael A. Lerner, a historian and author of "Dry Manhattan: Prohibition in New York City", told USA TODAY the temperance movement was not rooted in just moral superiority, but also anti-immigrant ...
It was difficult to draw the line between papers that advocated prohibition in a nonpartisan way, and those that advocated the Prohibition Party method. The former would include nearly all the religions papers, and many Republican and Democratic papers. This list draws the line distinctly on the support of the Prohibition Party.
Clarence Wilson, former Milton resident, helped turn the Prohibition movement into an effective political force that culminated in the 18th Amendment.
Prohibition movements in the West coincided with the advent of women's suffrage, with newly empowered women as part of the political process strongly supporting policies that curbed alcohol consumption. [4] [5] The first half of the 20th century saw periods of prohibition of alcoholic beverages in several countries:
Prohibition in the United States: a History of the Prohibition Party, and of the Prohibition Movement. McGirr, Lisa (2016). The War on Alcohol: Prohibition and the Rise of the American State. National Geographic Books. ISBN 9780393066951. OCLC 902661500. Pegram, Thomas R. (1998). Battling demon rum: The struggle for a dry America, 1800–1933.
Established history tells us that the temperance movement was driven by white evangelicals set out to discipline America’s Black and immigrant communities. Established history is wrong.