Why was Prohibition introduced in the US in 1919?

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Kirandeep Dhillon 10L Why was Prohibition introduced in the US in 1919? Prohibition, the ban of alcohol was introduced by the 18th amendment in 1919 in the US due to the work of organisations which used many convincing methods. This included the use of propaganda, sensitive, moral and religious arguments, and some that arose due to the influence of the First World War.         Firstly, Prohibition was introduced due to campaigns run by organisations. For example, The WCTU spread the idea of prohibition through churches by using arguments such as temperance. Most of the community was Christian; the WCTU used this to their advantage and used preachers in churches, this was a wide audience. This was effective as Protestants believed in temperance and this persuaded many people as religion was very important in their lives.  Furthermore, the WCTU also campaigned for women’s suffrage and anti-prostitution, thus many women supported them. Additionally, WCTU
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campaigned in schools to persuade children that alcohol was bad. This was successful as children were easy to persuade and they were the future generation thus they would not support alcohol. This meant that Prohibition gained a wider audience and led to more ‘dries’. As a result Prohibition was introduced due to organisations such as the WCTU, who used other methods as well as temperance.         Furthermore, Prohibition was introduced due to the ASL’s propaganda. They printed lots of propaganda, portraying alcohol to be the root of all evil. They used posters to which used religious and political views of alcohol, ...

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