They are called blue laws.
outlawed the making or drinking of alcoholic beverages
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"Blue laws" were formed, limiting the days of the week, as well as times of the day during which alcohol could be purchased. One group that formed to moderate the drinking of alcoholic beverages was the Temperance Society. Prohibition was passed in 1918, in an effort to moderate the drinking of alcoholic beverages, by making it illegal to do so.
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People did not stop drinking alcoholic beverages.
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