The search for social discipline was particularly clear in the battle over prohibition laws,which pitted established Catholics against new Protestants immigrants,to many of whom drinking was an important social ritual and an integral part of the life of their communities.

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The battle over prohibition laws primarily pitted temperance and prohibition supporters, often from Protestant backgrounds, against immigrant groups, including Catholics and some Protestants, for whom drinking was an integral part of social and community life. It was not a clear battle between established Catholics and new Protestant immigrants.

The Search for Social Discipline Was Particularly Clear in the Battle