The Era of Prohibition Between the mid 1800’s and early 1900’s, American society was viewed as corrupt and disrupted. When the public was unsure of what to blame this corruption on, they blamed alcohol. Reformers, or people who advocated for change, began forming unions to end the production, transportation, and distribution of alcohol (Benson, Brannen, and Valentine). This Temperance Movement, which advocated Prohibition, began with the intention of correcting America’s corrupt tendencies. Shortly after the American Revolution, domestic violence and the ruin of family relations became common in America. There was a rise in men who had uncontrollable drinking habits which affected the lives of their wives and children, by spending their family’s
