The Temperance Movement-
As the 1800's came to a close the calendar was not the only thing which was changing. The tirn of the century also saw a radical change in the ways in which Americans conducted their lives. No more were people's lives based around farms in small rural neighborhoods. Instead people moved into the cities, and factories started sprouting up in every major urban area. However, the industrialization of America also brought with it problems which hurt many Americans. The People most hurt by these new problems called themselves the Progressives. This new political group tried to "recapture" America by attacking a myriad of political issues. These issues differed in almost every facet, however the Progressives felt that America needed a complete overhaul in its way of thinking. Thus the progressive movement burst onto the stage of American politics. One of the issues which the Progressives felt most strongly about was the anti-alcohol, or Temperance movement. From the turn of the century, until the early twenties, organizations made the issue of prohibition a national issue. This effort culminated with the passage of the eighteenth amendment banning the sale, or consumption of
prove the inherent evils which were presented by the consumption of interesting to note why certain groups distinguished themselves as the ohol anywhere in the US. Prohibitionists, like the Anti-Saloon fact, Document I includes the writings of a minister who said that the alcohol. Women were looking to preserve the purity of the American such an effect was because of their superior organizational skills. with the women, religious groups were very involved in the Temperance tactics in order to have alcohol banned. It is important to see what many immoral activities, which included the consumption of alcohol. In non-prohibitionists as evil people who did not deserve many rights, Religion also played a big role in the push for temperance. In were afraid of the alcohol's effect on the workforce. One interesting
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