antiprohibition
Against banning alcohol
Antiprohibition describes opposition to laws banning the manufacture, sale, or consumption of alcohol—particularly the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S.
Constitution (1920–1933).
The antiprohibition movement argued that banning alcohol created more problems than it solved: organized crime, unsafe bootleg liquor, and widespread disregard for the law.
Antiprohibition sentiment grew throughout the 1920s.
Annul a statute
- amendmentChange to official text
- ratificationFormal approval by authority
- Twenty-first AmendmentEnded national alcohol ban
- Eighteenth AmendmentConstitutional alcohol ban
statute · enactment · nullification · overturn · rescind · revoke · annulment · abolishment
Pleading for a cause
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- lobbyingAdvocating to decision-makers
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- rallyGathering for a cause
demonstration · petition · grassroots · coalition · organizer · civil disobedience · boycott · march
Absence of constraint
- choiceAct of selecting
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- rightsJustified claims to freedoms
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
individual liberty · personal freedom · free will · privacy · self-governance · libertarianism · personal responsibility · bodily autonomy
repeal
Annul a statute
- amendmentChange to official text
- ratificationFormal approval by authority
- Twenty-first AmendmentEnded national alcohol ban
Eighteenth Amendment · statute · enactment · nullification · overturn · rescind · revoke · annulment · abolishment · invalidate
advocacy
Pleading for a cause
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- lobbyingAdvocating to decision-makers
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
rally · demonstration · petition · grassroots · coalition · organizer · civil disobedience · boycott · march · solidarity
freedom
Absence of constraint
- choiceAct of selecting
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- rightsJustified claims to freedoms
self-determination · individual liberty · personal freedom · free will · privacy · self-governance · libertarianism · personal responsibility · bodily autonomy · consent
organized labor
Workers acting collectively
- immigrant rightsLegal protections for newcomers
antiprohibitionprohibition
Authoritative legal ban
prohibitionist · dry · prohibitionism · temperance · temperance movement
antiprohibitiontemperance movement
Campaign against alcohol consumption
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