What Was The Result Of The Temperance Movement?
What Was The Result Of The Temperance Movement? (Ohio History Central, n.d.) The Eighteenth Amendment was passed by Congress in 1917, ratified in 1919, and went into effect at 12:01 am on January 17, 1920. The temperance movement had triumphed. Their victory was short-lived, however, as many Americans made and drank alcohol in violation of