exam_3_prompts - 1. What were the leading temperance...

1. What were the leading temperance organizations at the turn of the Twentieth Century, & what
methods did they use to convince Americans to support their cause? What other factors lent to
the adoption of the 18 th Amendment? To what degree did Prohibition live up to these activists’
goals? What aspect of the American creed were they attempting to fulfill?

- The vote
- Needed to convince men and women
- Many women didnt believe in women getting in
politics to protect them from the evils of politics
- Willard saw it as the only way politicians would be
responsive to them
- Our duty to protect our homes
- Anti-Saloon League
- Played a stronger role in VA than WCTU
- Founded in 1890s
- A lot of emphasis on changing laws
- Tactics
- Dry candidates in non-partisan way (ie democrats)
- Precinct by precinct → trying to get local option laws
- Successfully lobbied VA legislature
- Mann law 1903
- Allowed judges to allow liquor licenses and to think
about character and public opinion → fewer liquor
licenses granted
- Byrd law 1908
- Increased restriction on production and sales’
increase ability to enforce the law; outlawed private
clubs
- Second paragraph: factors that led to 18th amendment
- Ww1
- Before the war, 19 states had already prohibited the manufacture and sale
of alcohol. By 1916, 65% of the country was already dry and banned
alcohol
- According to Allen, entering the war in 1917 made prohibition seem
patriotic going against germans through german-american bewers. During
the war, the 18th amendment was passed and president wilson enacted
partial prohibition. At the end of the war, activists pushed for the 18th
ratification
- Rationing
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