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My biggest surprise is how my home state of Ohio was the mothership for the 'dry' movement. The first organized protest against alcohol took place in southern Ohio. The Anti-Saloon League was the major lobby organization with its headquarters in Westerville, Ohio, a Columbus suburb. If this ASL was so influential in early 20th century politics, then why had I never heard of it? Three things came about because of the prohibition movement:
1) Women's suffrage
2) The income tax
3) Anti-German sentiment surrounding World War I
Interested? So is Ken Burns who is doing his own PBS documentary on the topic this fall.
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