It began with the best of intentions.
Instead, it began a decade of lawlessness, when children.
Over time, their protests, petitions, and activism paid off--when a Constitutional Amendment banning the sale and consumption of alcohol was ratified, it was hailed as the end of public drunkenness, alcoholism, and a host of other social ills related to booze.
Worried about the effects of alcohol on American families, mothers and civic leaders started a movement to outlaw drinking in public places.
It began with the best of intentions