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The Second Great Awakening made Americans realize their slow drift away from God. Americans thought other Americans were being immoral. They thought that God would stop blessing them if they continued living the immoral life. The temperance goal was to limit the alcohol consumed and then eventually get rid of it

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Neal Dow was born March 20, 1804. He died October 2, 1897. He was nicknamed " Napoleon of Temperance". He thought alcohol was the cause in society's problems so he tried to ban it through legislative.

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Neal Dow was a sponsor of the Maine law this occurred in 1851 which was the prohibition of the manufacture and sale of liquor, this remained a prohibition until it was repealed later in 1933.

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-people thought it was unconstitutional
-violated businessman's rights
-a lot of heavy drinkers
-thought it would hurt the economy

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-Ohioans
-mostly woman
-churches
-Lyman Beecher
-Neal Dow

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-less drinking among woman
-reduce of demand due to panic of 1837