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Dbq On Prohibition

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The prohibition movement in the United States was very successful during the era of progressive reform, from 1900 to 1919. This is because of the social composition of the prohibitionists, their motives, strategy, and pressure-group tactics, and the relationship of prohibitionism to progressive reform. The prohibitionists attacked saloons with a passion, they appealed to women's rights, and they tried every mean possible to keep their areas ‘dry.'
Prohibitionists consisted of a few groups of people. In Document J, it is shown that most prohibitionists were clergymen, businessmen, and lawyers. Most of the prohibition movement was centered in areas with 2,500 to 99,000 people. This meant that it was not in great cities nor in rural areas that prohibition was most popular (Doc. K). A great deal of prohibition movement was concentrated in the church and in female voters. The prohibitionists appealed to women voters. One source said, "Truly does a saloon make a woman bare of......


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