Prohibition was introduced by the ____ Amendment in 1920. In many ____ states the campaign had been running for several decades especially by women involved in the ____ movement who were concerned about the effects on the family. By 1916 many states in the South and West had become ____. It was a rare issue which united political progressives and ____. The conservatives wanted it for ____ reasons led by radical preachers such as Billy Sunday. The progressives also sought prohibition as alcohol was reducing ____ in the workplace and increasing social problems such as ____ led by the anti-Saloon League and Wayne B. Wheeler. The ASL became a very effective pressure group which used Prohibition as a wedge-issue to manipulate politicians. WW1 turbocharged Prohibition as alcohol became managed during the war and wartime softened the American public to ____ control. Furthermore, the 100% Americanism instigated by the war associated alcohol with ____ brewers, Russian vodka-drinking revolutionaries and Italian wine-drinking ____. All of which made the Americans ready to introduce the first amendment to ____ rather than extend or protect liberty.

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