I'm not sure if this is the answer, but they were backed by China
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The correct answer is
<span>They wanted to impede the sale of alcohol.
They had beliefs that alcohol was against Christianity and that it ruins families and since it ruins families it should be prohibited. They eventually managed to win enough support and ban all alcohol which lasted for a few years before the prohibition ended.</span>