cture,transportationandsaleofalcoholandalcoholicbeverages,inplacefrom1920to1933.ProhibitionintheU.S.eos/america-goes-dry-with-prohibitionLegislationsProhibitionintheU.S.BackgroundsProhibitionintheU.S.TemperanceMovementAtemperancemovementisasocialmovementurgingreduceduseofalcoholicbeverages.Temperancemovementsmaycriticizeexcessivealcoholuse,pleteabstinence(teetotalism),orpressurethegovernmenttoenactanti-pleteprohibitionofalcohol.ProhibitionintheU.S.BackgroundsofTemperanceMovementProhibitionintheU.S.DevelopmentProhibitionintheU.S.corruption,prostitution,spousalabuseandothercriminalactivities!ChangeofPoliticalClimateProhibitionintheU.S.Outbreakofanti-GermansentimentGrainandotheringredientsusedinthemanufacturingofbeerandhardliquorwereneededforthewareffort.Alcohol=temptationProhibitionintheU.S.