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Temperance was the idea that Americans drank too much alcohol, and consumption needed to be monitored.

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Prohibiting the sale, manufacturing, and consumption of alcohol 

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Prohibiting the sale, manufacturing, and consumption of alcohol 

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The first state to pass such lawas  was Maine and then and 15 other states followed before the civil war.

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People found contacts in Temperance groups to find work, purpos, spouses, and support

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the 3 main causes were:
1. Second Great Awakening
2. Industrial Revolution
3. Nativism- immigrants

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It allowed for some protistent middle class groups to exert some control over the Labor class, immigrants, and Catholics.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=As-YfI9xVB0

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Her and her husband lead lectures in schools and colleges to instruct students about the dangers of drinking achohol.

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*was a social activist in the 19th century
*became involved in Women's Christian Temperance Movement where she began teaching at a daily temperance meeting in Chicago
* was eventually the president of the WCTM until her death in 1898