WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Prohibition had a majority in all provinces except Quebec, where a strong 80 percent of the population voted against it. The main factor was religion. Pietistic Protestants, such as Methodists, Presbyterians and Scandinavian Lutherans, were strongly in support.

Detailed explanation-2: -Prohibition was finally abolished on May 1, 1921 when the Alcoholic Beverages Act creating the Commission des liqueurs du Québec entered into force.

Detailed explanation-3: -Prince Edward Island was the first to get on the wagon; its prohibition period lasted the longest-from 1901 to 1948.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1916 the provincial government, under Sir William Hearst, enacted the Ontario Temperance Act, which forbade the selling of liquor for beverage purposes and the keeping, giving, or having of liquor except in a private dwelling.

Detailed explanation-5: -In the end, prohibition failed so miserably because we’re all alcoholics support for the temperance movement vanished following World War I. The lack of government support lead to poor legislation and weak enforcement, which allowed crime to thrive.