USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Eighteenth Amendment emerged from the organized efforts of the temperance movement and Anti-Saloon League, which attributed to alcohol virtually all of society’s ills and led campaigns at the local, state, and national levels to combat its manufacture, sale, distribution, and consumption.

Detailed explanation-2: -The WCTU was a religious organization whose primary purpose was to combat the influence of alcohol on families and society. It was influential in the temperance movement, and supported the 18th Amendment. The Woman’s Christian Union (WCTU) was founded in Cleveland, Ohio in November of 1874.

Detailed explanation-3: -The WCTU advocated for temperance as a way to make home life safer for women and children. Their slogan “Every Land” (formerly “For God and Home and Native Land”) emphasized their goal of alcohol abstinence throughout the United States.