"Use wartime emotion to accelerate systemic change The temperance movement had spent nearly a century building without achieving a constitutional ban on alcohol. When the U.S. entered World War One, Wheeler and the Anti-Saloon League seized the moment, spinning beer-drinking into an act of treason and grain-saving into patriotic duty. The guide notes that "the propaganda that takes place here during the war really fosters the American public to line up to support this amendment thinking it's their patriotic duty," with most states ratifying the amendment while the war was still ongoing. Recognizing that crises create windows where years of advocacy can be compressed into months is a decision-shaping insight for anyone pursuing long-term institutional change. Source: Tour Guide (unnamed), Prohibition History Lecture, Temperance and Prohibition Tour Presentation"