The 1920s and the Great Depression — Test

Question 10 • US History

How did propaganda encourage more Americans to support Prohibition in the early 1900s?

Answer

Prohibition organizations spread false rumors that drinking small amounts of alcohol could be poisonous.

The Anti-Saloon League spread the idea that drinking beer produced in Germany was treasonous.

The Anti-Saloon League lobbied Congress to encourage its representatives to support Prohibition.

Prohibition organizations wrote articles about families destroyed by the evils of alcoholism.

Explanation

During World War I, the Anti-Saloon League used anti-German sentiment to portray beer as a product of Germany and drinking it as disloyal to the United States. This propaganda connected support for Prohibition with patriotism. Choice B describes that tactic; lobbying Congress in choice C was political pressure, not propaganda aimed at shaping public opinion.

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