Causes for Prohibition

By unhappyzeus

  • World War I Begins

    War starts. United States and Canada divert money from making liquor to help the war effort.

  • World War I Ends

    War Ends

  • New Authority of Women

    Women started voicing their opinions, joined groups, voted in legislation to stop the use of alchohal

  • Temperance Leaders

    They voted to ban alcohol as well, destroyed bars across the country.

  • Protestants

    They had a strict ethics code, weren't allowed to buy cigars or ice-cream, let alone wear high heeled shoes, prohibition seemed like a normal idea.

  • Farmers

    Needed people to work, couldn't work if they were drunk.

  • Scientists

    Started doing studies about liver damage caused by alcohol.

  • Politicians

    Promised to ban alcohol in order to win votes.

  • Men

    Men drank and went to work, ruined buisness and couldn't support their families with all their drinking.

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