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Wet vs. Dry Debate
Appalachian Mountain Moonshine
Revolution, Reaction, Reform
National History Day 2026
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Wet vs Dry Debate
Hover on each photo to see what real people thought about prohibition.
The Wets
The Drys
“The prohibition of liquor is essentially a police power…. I think we are taking a long step on a dangerous path when we take this police power from the States."
- Senator Henry Cabot Lodge
Image of Henry Cabot Lodge,
Courtesy of American Experience
“The liquor traffic is a peril to society. I shall oppose this scourge from hell until my arm can stroke no longer and my tongue can speak no more.”
- Senator Morris Sheppard
Image of Morris Sheppard,
Courtesy of Texas State Historical Association.
“Year by year we were approaching nearer and nearer to a very practical system of temperance through the development of character. Then came this vindictive edict that no man should use wine at any time and straightway – chaos is come again!”
- Samuel Harden Church
Image of Samuel Harden Church
Courtesy of U of Pittsburgh
"It is, nevertheless a truth not to be concealed that Drunkenness is a Crime."
- Horrace Greeley
Image of Horrace Greeley
Courtesy of Library of Congress
"Prohibition is an effort to regulate the morals of the country."
- Henry Samuel Priest
Image of Henry Samuel Priest
Courtesy of EduRank
“Brains and initiative are dulled by even the occasional use of alcohol…and they vanish altogether in the steady heavy drinker.”
- Henry Ford
Image of Henry Ford
Courtesy of Biography.com
Nolan Adams, Thomas Cripe, Holden Pate, Conrad Sims, and Eli Taylor
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