Supports a conceptual distinction between temperance, prohibitionism, and the Anti-Saloon League's specific program.
The opening reframes a century-long reform history that popular accounts often compress into the national Prohibition era.
H. Paul Thompson Jr. distinguishes temperance as a broad, internally contested umbrella from prohibitionism as one coordinated subset and identifies the Anti-Saloon League's rise in the 1890s as a decisive break toward national constitutional prohibition.
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Myth 1 — Temperance Advocates and Prohibitionists Shared the Same Goals and Tactics
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