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A dry state is a U.S. state in which alcohol manufacture or sale is prohibited or tightly restricted. In modern times, no state is completely 'dry'. However, during the temperance movement, many states 'went dry', culminating in nationwide prohibition. Some states, such as North Dakota, entered the Union as a 'dry' state. Currently, although no complete state is dry in the U.S., some counties are dry counties.
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Pre-prohibition
The Maine law, passed in 1851 in Maine, was one of the first statutory implementations of the developing temperance movement in the United States. It prohibited the sale of all alcoholic beverages except for "medicinal, mechanical or manufacturing purposes," and quickly spread elsewhere.The temperance movement achieved statewide alcohol prohibition in more than half of the states of the US before national prohibition went into effect. This table lists the dates each went dry, and any dates of repeal not coinciding with the end of the national law.
Chronological list of dry states
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State Dry Date Repeal Date Maine 1851 1856 Vermont 1853 1902 Kansas 1880 1948 Iowa 1882 North Dakota 2-Nov-1889 1932 Mississippi 1907 1966 Alabama 1907 Georgia 1907 Oklahoma 17-Sep-1907 1959 North Carolina[1] May-1908 1937 Tennessee 1-Jul-1909 Oregon 1914 West Virginia 1-Jul-1914 Washington 1-Jan-1916 Montana 1916 South Dakota 1916 Nebraska 1916 Michigan 1916 Florida 9-Dec-1918 More... Notes
- ^ Patrick Horn, "The Temperance Movement in North Carolina"
See also
- List of alcohol laws of the United States by state
Categories:- Alcohol law in the United States
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