What was one of the factors that contributed to the passage of the Prohibition amendment?
A) Beer consumption per capita was at an all-time low in the years before the amendment was passed, so the law finally seemed viable to politicians.
B) An overabundance of crops in the United States during the war allowed Americans to end their dependency on alcoholic beverages.
C) Many leaders of the Prohibition movement saw it as a way to draw greater numbers of immigrants to the United States and grow the workforce.
D) The amendment would help police the activities of corrupt business leaders and, thus, turn policing efforts away from African Americans and the working poor.
E) The majority of beer brewers were German, and a great deal of ethnic and social prejudice was directed toward them in the wake of the Great War.

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The anti-German sentiment in the United States following World War I contributed to the passage of the Prohibition amendment, as many of the beer brewers were of German descent. This prejudice was a factor in portraying alcohol as a foreign and un-American influence.

What Was One of the Factors That Contributed to the Passage