Which of these contributed to the ratification of the eighteenth amendment?

The answer is the growing political influence of women. The Eighteenth Amendment was the result of decades of effort by the temperance movement in the United States and at the time was generally considered a progressive amendment. There are claims that prohibiting the sale of alcohol would eliminate poverty and social issues like violence and immoral behaviour. And also they believe that families would be happier it inspire new forms of sociability between men and women. 

(202 bc - 220 ad) dynasty started by lui bang; a great and long-lasting rule, it discarded the harsh policies of the qin dynasty and adopted confucian principles; han rulers chose officials who passed the civil service exams rather than birth; it was a time of prosperity