1920s’ Prohibition
It was the restriction of the production, sale, transportation, importation, and exportation of alcoholic beverages, began when the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution went into effect on January 16, 1920. The Anti-Saloon League, the strong prohibition lobby group, was instrumental in securing the bill’s passage over President Woodrow Wilson’s veto.Prohibition had long been the objective of the temperance movement.Promoting legislation using educational, social, and political means, the WCTU (Woman’s Christian Temperance Union) played a key role in the enactment of 1920s’ Prohibition.Promoting legislation using educational, social, and political means, the WCTU played a key role in the enactment of 1920s’ Prohibition.But this prohibition caused movements. Catholics and Germans were the principal opponents to1920s’ Prohibition. A primary goal of 1920s' Prohibition was the reduction of drinking by workers. Moonshine, home produced alcohol or whiskey, used a still for distillation.Initially, the Internal Revenue Service enforced 1920s' Prohibition, and agents who destroyed stills were known as revenuers.
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