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Many groups in America were opposed to prohibition. Irish, German-Americans, Italians, Greeks, Portuguese, Jews, urban dwellers, educated people, Catholics, organized labor, the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), immigrants, libertarians, Constitutionalists, and many others opposed prohibition.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agowho did nto want prohibition ?
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∙ 12y agoRural residents, Protestant churches, the Ku Klux Klan, the less educated, and many others supported Prohibition.
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∙ 12y agoConstitutionalists, libertarians, the educated, urban dwellers, Catholics, Jews, and immigrants were among those who tended not to support Prohibition.
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What was the alcohol ban in the US Called?
Prohibition.
How far was the role of the Temperance Movement the most important reason for the introduction of prohibition in America?
There is no question that the temperance movement, particularly, the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), was the most important political force which resulted in Prohibition in 1920. There could never have been Prohibition without the WCTU.
Who were the fundamentalists for prohibition?
prohibitionists were a group of people (and sometimes still are) who opposed drinking of any kind. they promoted the passage of the 18th amendment, which began the period of 'prohibition' in the united states, in which the sale and production of liquor was outlawed. the prohibition movement was one of many that began in the progressive era of the 1920's.
What was the most important causes of prohibition in 1920s America?
what was the most important thing about prohibition there was the womens movement , the anti saloon league, The women started the movement, but the men made it a law as they had the vote. Also Google Carrie Nation.
What reform movement won temporary political success through the Maine Law?
Prohibition
Temperance Movement?
An organized campaign to eliminate alcohol consumption.
Who started Prohibition of liquor?
The temperance movement and the Progressive movement both pushed for prohibition,
What impact does prohibition have today on America?
Prohibition solidified a strong alcohol temperance movement in the US. The tradition continues today in the form of the neo-prohibition movement.
What led to prohibition?
The temperance movement.
How did Prohibition fit into the reform movement?
Prohibition discouraged the use of alcoholic beverages. Prohibition fit into the reform movement because alcohol use was often associated with such social ills as poverty and insanity.
Did Hoover support prohibition?
Yes
Al Capone and his undermining of the support for Prohibition?
The violence of Al Capone and other organized crime leaders reduced support for Prohibition.
What were Franklin D Roosevelt's views on the Prohibition Movement of the 1920's?
He opposed Prohibition but his wife supported it.
Why did prohibition happen?
Because of the powerful temperance movement.
What was the movement to outlaw the sale of alcohol in the 1800's was called?
Temperance Movement
Which of the following is most accurately described as the descendant of the temperance movement of the 1830s?
prohibition movement
What does prohibition rode the coattails of the progressive movement means?
The Progressive Era was a period of political reform and social activism. Prohibition "rode the coattails of the Progressive Movement" refers to the idea that prohibition was allowed because of the rise of progressive thinking.
