The strength of the prohibition movement grew and by the beginning of the 1900’s, organizations that supported prohibition were common across the United States. Women played a strong role in the prohibition movement because alcohol was looked at as catastrophic to marriages and family life. Since brewing was so competitive alcohol manufactures had to expand the sale of beer, which meant to expand the number of saloons selling it. It wasn’t uncommon to have one saloon for every 200 Americans, including those who did not drink. To increase profits Saloons would typically begin to include gambling and even prostitution into their establishments, this was creating a problem and prohibition was believed to be the answer. Groups such as the Anti-Saloon
