Dry state

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.

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

Notes

See also

• List of alcohol laws of the United States by state