Successes of Prohibition
Outlines the main successes of Prohibition and explains why it lasted so long.
- Created by: Grac3
- Created on: 24-04-14 12:27
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- Successes of Prohibition
- Extent of support
- Many groups campaigned for Prohibition e.g. the Women's Temperance Union and the Anti-Saloon League
- The WASPs who supported Prohibition in the Southern States had the most political influence of all groups within society
- By the end of Prohibition, gangsters supported Prohibition as well
- Prohibition was only repealed because the government needed the money to help deal with the Depression
- Achievement of aims
- 1) Make society more moral
- Fewer instances of drunkenness and drink-driving
- 2) Make people drink less
- Average alcohol consumption fell from 2.6 gallons per year to 1 gallon
- Alcohol was harder to obtain and the price rises made it less accessible for the working classes
- 3) Make the workplace safer
- Fewer workplace incidents
- 1) Make society more moral
- Extent of support
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