•Def- a national movement to ban the manufacture, sale, transportation, or use of alcoholic beverages

•United Friends of Temperance was the first statewide organization to support a total ban on alchohol counties had become “dry,” meaning that all alcohol sales were outlawed within their borders

•When world war 1 began, people were concerned about the effects of alcohol on young soldiers away from home

•They believed if they got rid of alcohol it would reduce crime, poverty and family violence

Prohibition