Anti Saloon League Prohibition. It became a legitimate national organization in 1895, and overtook the woman’s christian temperance union and the prohibition party to seize leadership in the crusade to prohibit alcohol in the united states in the early 1900’s. Initial efforts were focused on shutting down saloons.
The leaders of the movement reasoned that if alcohol. Initial efforts were focused on shutting down saloons. It became a legitimate national organization in 1895, and overtook the woman’s christian temperance union and the prohibition party to seize leadership in the crusade to prohibit alcohol in the united states in the early 1900’s.