Major leaders in the movement to repeal National Prohibition in the US included:
*Joseph H. Choate, Jr. (Head of the Voluntary Committee of Lawyers)
*M. Louise Gross (Leader of the Molly Pitcher Club, the Women's Moderation Union, and the Women's Committee for the Modification of the Volstead Act)
*Pauline Sabin (Established the powerful Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform)
*Jouett Shouse (President of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment)
*William H. Stayton (Established the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment)
*James W. Wadsworth, Jr. (Member of Congress and ardent supporter of Repeal)
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Pauline Sabin had originally supported Prohibition but then became one of its most effective opponents.
No he opposed prohibition and supported the sales of alcohol.
Many Americans were Constitutionalists, libertarians, supporters of states' rights, opposed Federal intrusion into the personal lives of individuals, supporters of individual freedom, and/or believed that Prohibition would fail to work and be an expensive social engineering experiment.
The 18th amendment started prohibition.
no one. prohibition is no longer in effect.
Prohibition Party was created in 1869.
No he opposed prohibition and supported the sales of alcohol.
He opposed Prohibition but his wife supported it.
People opposed prohibition because alcohol business was very lucrative. Another reason people opposed it was that they felt they should not be told they could not drink.
A number of people opposed National Prohibition for a variety of reasons, including their belief in the Constitution, in individual liberties, in limited government, that the social experiment was doomed to failure, and that Prohibition was counterproductive in causing serious problems.
The Prohibition Party
It was not only ineffective but created serious problems.
The views of Americans about National Prohibition changed over time from generally favorable to generally negative. By the time of repeal, about 75% of voters opposed Prohibition.
Those engaged in the production, transportation and sale of alcohol and their customers were among those who were opposed the enforcement of prohibition.
No- not at all. The Democrat Al Smith was the one opposed to prohibition.
Many people opposed the repeal of National Prohibition and hoped that WW II would lead to Prohibition, just as WW I had earlier done.
Prohibition was supported by conservatives who love to interfere in everybody's lives. People who apposed it were alcoholics, liberals , and other people who love freedom.
In the 1920s, "dry" referred to someone who opposed the consumption of alcohol and supported prohibition laws. Dries believed that alcohol was harmful to society and supported the ban on its production and sale. This term was used during the Prohibition era in the United States.