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why was the reform needed? what parts of society led to people pushing for reform? 

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why was the reform needed? what parts of society led to people pushing for reform? 

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many people would abuse alcohol leading to violence or even death many people were not supporters of alcohol and the believed it should be outlawed..The people that pushed for temperance believed that Americans were living an immoral manner and because of this the believed that the US will never be blessed by the hand of god ever again .

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Frances Willard provided this temperance-reform movement with creative and dynamic leadership.

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one of the key supporters was Mary Hunt, national superintendent of women's christian temperance union (WCTU). Hunt’s interest in the temperance movement had been inherited from her father, and she soon began promoting temperance on scientific grounds, an idea that had been proposed but never before effectively applied.

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How did they go about get their reforms addressed? Protests? Literature? Etc.

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How did they go about get their reforms addressed? Protests? Literature? Etc.

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Mary had a strategy was for wctu members to pressure state legislators and to promote the nomination and candidacy of pro-temperance candidates for a bill to pass .

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Anne wittenmeyer provided this temperance-reform movement with creative and dynamic leadership by being the first president of WCTU. She expanded the organization’s platform to include such issues as labor laws and prison reform, and in 1891 she became president of the World WCTU (founded 1883).

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Carrie Nation was an American woman who was a radical member of the temperance movement, which opposed alcohol before the advent of Prohibition. She is particularly noteworthy for attacking alcohol-serving establishments with a hatchet.

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who held opposing views to the reform and why they opposed it?

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who held opposing views to the reform and why they opposed it?

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Minority abusive drinkers. People who opposed the temperance movement believed it was unfair to restrict everybody's drinking if only some abused alcohol.

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who held opposing views to the reform and why they opposed it.

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who held opposing views to the reform and why they opposed it.

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Irish and German immigrants were believed to be the heavier drinkers.

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What connections are there to modern day?

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What connections are there to modern day?

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Most of the country recognized prohibition as a national disaster in 1933. The popular vote against it was 74%. But millions of Americans continued to support prohibition.

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What connections are there to modern day?

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What connections are there to modern day?

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there's still abusive drinkers to this day.