How was the temperance movement initially different in South Carolina than in the rest of the country? Question 7 options: In South Carolina, state control of the sale of alcohol was initially adopted as opposed to complete prohibition; in the rest of the country, complete prohibition was initially adopted state by state. The citizens of South Carolina rejected the idea of prohibition from its early development; in other areas of the nation, prohibition was wholeheartedly embraced. Complete prohibition of the manufacture, use, and sale of alcohol occurred prior to the Civil War in South Carolina; in the rest of the nation, prohibition was adopted much later. Dispensaries were used in other states to control access to alcoholic beverages; in South Carolina, dispensaries were seen as a violation of the rights of the individual.