All of the following are true of the movement to prohibit alcoholic beverages in the United States EXCEPT:
a
It won the support of many progressive reformers.
b
It was often favored by people who disliked immigrants and their cultural practices.
c
It was a movement in which women played leading roles.
d
It gained strength from new scientific evidence that alcohol was harmful to health.
e
It arose quite suddenly amid the hysteria surrounding the First World War.