John barleycorn book7/4/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() The movement had its roots in religious (duh) and capitalist motives, especially by the Protestant Church. This movement that very much existed here in Nashville started as limiting alcohol consumption and eventually became total prohibition. ![]() Why did this happen? There's a whole can of worms opened by this question, but essentially it was approximately 100 years in the making with the Temperance Movement (which began in the1820's). Ratified on the 16th of January, 1919 and officially put into effect on January 17th, 1920, the 18th Amendment or "National Prohibition Act" (or informally known as the Volstead Act) was the official amendment that made it a federal law to manufacture, sell, transport, drink, or possibly even look at alcohol unless for medicinal or religious reasons. Sign closing businesses due to the National Prohibition Act. ![]()
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