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Prohibition
The Century-Long Clash Between Chicago's Temperance Advocates and Beer Lovers
Daniel HautzingerJanuary 22, 2019
The year Chicago was incorporated also saw the founding of the city’s first temperance group and first brewery, and the two factions grew and clashed for the following decades, leaving their mark on the city and suburbs, until temperance briefly won out with the ratification of Prohibition 100 years ago.
