RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
WOMENS SUFFRAGE
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Women’s Suffrage
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Prohibition
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Maine passed the first state prohibition laws in 1846, followed by a stricter law in 1851. A number of other states had followed suit by the time the Civil War began in 1861..
Detailed explanation-2: -18th Amendment-Prohibition of Liquor | Constitution Center.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited.